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yellow-fever mosquito

yellow-fever mosquito

6.2
A small biting insect that spreads yellow fever and dengue
  • noun
  • /ˈjɛloʊ ˈfivər mɪˈskoʊtoʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mosquito del dengue
  • Many areas in the tropics are plagued by the yellow fever mosquito, which spreads dangerous viruses.

Examples

  • So far, this is true for only a handful of species, one of which is the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Researchers are studying the life cycle of the yellow fever mosquito to understand its role in disease transmission.

  • Entomologist Donald Barnard demonstrates the attraction of female yellow fever mosquitoes to his hand in an olfactometer.

    Academic text (2000)

  • A female yellow fever mosquito probes a piece of Limburger cheese, one of the few known mosquito attractants.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The yellow fever mosquito can transmit serious illnesses like dengue and yellow fever.

Synonyms

Aedes aegypti
vsyellow-fever mosquito
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A small mosquito that bites people and spreads diseases like yellow fever and dengue

is the common term used instead of the formal scientific name

Surface Forms

yellow-fever mosquito singular
yellow-fever mosquitoes plural

Morphology

yellow-fever + mosquito

The compound is transparently built from the disease name 'yellow fever' plus 'mosquito', so a learner who knows those constituent meanings will readily infer it denotes a mosquito associated with/transmitting yellow fever (and similar viruses). This is a standard noun+noun naming pattern (disease‑vector) found across languages, so the meaning is directly compositional and predictable for a B1 learner.

Etymology

Yellow-fever mosquito gets its name from the link between this tiny insect and the disease 'yellow fever' because people saw many cases after its bites. That's why the name now means a mosquito that spreads 'yellow fever' and other similar diseases.