Definition of Culex pipiens

1. Noun. Common house mosquito.

Exact synonyms: Common Mosquito
Generic synonyms: Mosquito
Group relationships: Culex, Genus Culex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Culex Pipiens

Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbita pepo melopepo
Cudworthian
Cufic
Cuiabá
Cuidad Bolivar
Cuisenaire rod
Cuisenaire rods
Culbertson
Culcita
Culcita dubia
Culdee
Culdees
Culebra
Culex fatigans
Culex pipiens
Culex quinquefasciatus
Culiacan
Culicoides
Culicoides austeni
Culicoides furens
Culicoides milnei
Culicoides variipennis
Culiseta melanura
Cullen
Cullen's sign
Cullen skink
Culm
Culp pyeloplasty
Cultural Revolution

Literary usage of Culex pipiens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (Great Britain) (1905)
"The culex pipiens, for instance, joins them together in little boats or batches: the Anopheles lay them singly on the water; ..."

2. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1902)
"culex pipiens Linné. Culex gelidus Theobald, described from the Malay Peninsula. ... BUITENZORG : Anopheles rossii Giles. culex pipiens Linné. ..."

3. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck, Geographical Society of Baltimore (1905)
"... at some distance from any dwelling, and adults from the thickets some distance inland. The species were: Stegomyia fasciata (Fabr.). culex pipiens ..."

4. Diseases of the skin: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by Henry Radcliffe Crocker (1888)
"... one in five hundred, or Goulard water sponged on freely, or the lotions recommended for urticaria, give most relief. culex pipiens and other Gnats and ..."

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