yellow-fever mosquito

== English == === Alternative forms === yellow fever mosquito === Noun === yellow-fever mosquito (plural yellow-fever mosquitoes or yellow-fever mosquitos) (US) A black and white striped mosquito (Aedes aegypti) originated in Africa and now widespread in the tropics, so called for being the main vector of the virus in urban areas. [from 1901] Synonym: dengue mosquito ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “yellow-fever mosquito”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “yellow-fever mosquito, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 23 July 2025. “yellow-fever mosquito, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 23 July 2025. “yellow-fever mosquito, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “yellow fever mosquito, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.