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Noun: malaria mosquito
  1. Transmits the malaria parasite
    "Health workers distributed bed nets to protect against malaria mosquitoes";
    - malarial mosquito

Derived forms: malaria mosquitoes

Type of: mosquito, mossie [Brit, informal], mozzie [Brit, informal], skeeter [N. Amer, Austral, informal]

Part of: Anopheles, genus Anopheles

Encyclopedia: Malaria mosquito