Mansonia
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Translingual
Etymology
From Scottish physician Patrick Manson + -ia.
Pronunciation
- English:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mænˈsəʊ.ni.ə/
- Rhymes: -əʊniə
- (General American) IPA(key): /mænˈsoʊ.ni.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mænˈsəʊ.ni.ə/
Proper noun
Mansonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – a widespread mosquito that carries filarial worms and whose larvae and pupae obtain oxygen directly from plants underwater.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily; Culicidae - family; Culicinae - subfamily; Mansoniini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mansonia (Mansonia), Mansonia (Mansonioides) - subgenera
- Mansonia titillans - type species; Mansonia uniformis - selected other species
References
Mansonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mansonia (Culicidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mansonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
