malarial mosquito
- noun
- /məˈlɛr.i.əl mɪˈskoʊ.toʊ/
- Specialized
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mosquito malarial
- To prevent malaria, it is essential to use nets and repellents against malarial mosquitoes.
Examples
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Please show me your evidence, experiments, journal articles, and reviewed documented field tests of any other chemical that could effectively control malarial mosquitoes as well as DDT.
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In tropical regions, malarial mosquitoes thrive near stagnant water sources.
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Health officials warned that the rise in malaria cases is due to an increase in malarial mosquitoes in urban areas.
Synonyms
A mosquito that spreads malaria to people
A mosquito of the Anopheles group that can spread malaria
A mosquito that can spread malaria
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'malarial' (relating to malaria) modifies 'mosquito', yielding 'a mosquito associated with or transmitting malaria', which a learner who knows both constituents can infer. This adjective + noun pattern is a common, cross-linguistic construction, so a B1 learner familiar with the words would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Malarial mosquito is a name that joins malarial, meaning about the disease 'malaria', and mosquito, the little biting insect. These mosquitoes carry the parasite that causes 'malaria' and pass it to people when they bite, so the name links the insect with the disease.
