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stegomyia

/ ˌstɛɡəˈmaɪə /

noun

  1. a former name for aedes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stegomyia1

C19: from Greek stegos roof + -myia, from muia a fly
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Example Sentences

The stegomyia flies and bites in the early afternoon and again at night, the anopheles flies and bites after sunset.

In the same way Stegomyia occurs in some of the South Sea islands and yet there is no yellow fever there.

Yellow fever germs will develop only in the mosquito called, Stegomyia.

The fact that it is unknown in India is very remarkable, seeing that stegomyia is a very prevalent variety of mosquito there.

These breeding-places of the stegomyia have now been done away with completely in Panama, and almost completely in Colon.

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