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Culex Quinquefasciatus

Definition: Culex Quinquefasciatus

Culex Quinquefasciatus

Noun

1. Widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Culex Quinquefasciatus

Synonym: Culex fatigans (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: Culex Quinquefasciatus

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The Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is proven to be a vector associated with transmission of the West Nile Virus. Credit: CDC.

Domestic mosquito species are those that breed close to human habitation. Flower containers in cemeteries may contain larvae of any of the three domestic species including Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens, and Aedes aegypti. Credit: CDC.

Domestic species are those that breed close to human habitation. Clogged roof gutters may contain larvae of any of the three domestic species including Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens, and Aedes aegypti. Credit: CDC.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Culex Quinquefasciatus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

culex quinquefasciatus

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Culex Quinquefasciatus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 75 6C 65 78      51 75 69 6E 71 75 65 66 61 73 63 69 61 74 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01110101 01101100 01100101 01111000 00100000 01010001 01110101 01101001 01101110 01110001 01110101 01100101 01100110 01100001 01110011 01100011 01101001 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#117 &#108 &#101 &#120 &#32 &#81 &#117 &#105 &#110 &#113 &#117 &#101 &#102 &#97 &#115 &#99 &#105 &#97 &#116 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0075 006C 0065 0078      0051 0075 0069 006E 0071 0075 0065 0066 0061 0073 0063 0069 0061 0074 0075 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3787787190251877580838771726785697567868785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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