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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anopheles \A*noph"e*les\ ([.a]*n[o^]f"[-e]*l[=e]z), n. [NL., fr.
   Gr. 'anwfelh`s useless, hurtful.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the
   malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the
   only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several
   species are found in the United States. They may be
   distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus
   {Culex} by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak
   in length, while those of the female {Culex} are very short.
   They also assume different positions when resting, {Culex}
   usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it
   rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while
   {Anopheles} holds the body at an angle with the surface and
   the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become
   themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected
   with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Anopheles
     n : malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's
         head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in
         the larvae [syn: {genus Anopheles}]