Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Culex"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Culex \Cu"lex\, n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of mosquitoes to which most of the North American
species belong. Some members of this genus are exceedingly
annoying, as {C. sollicitans}, which breeds in enormous
numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, and {C.
pipiens}, breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North
America. (For characters distinguishing these from the
malaria mosquitoes, see {Anopheles}, above.) The yellow-fever
mosquito is now placed in another genus, {Stegomyia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Culex \Cu"lex\ (k?"l?ks), n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and
mosquito.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Culex
n : type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes
distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting
surface [syn: {Culex}, {genus Culex}]
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