Culex, genus Culex
(noun) type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
culex (plural culices)
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"lex (k"lks), n. Etym: [L., a gnat.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
