Medical Dictionary

stegomyia

noun stego·my·ia \ˌsteg-ə-ˈmī-ə\

Medical Definition of STEGOMYIA

1
capitalized in some classifications :  a genus of mosquitoes including the yellow-fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) and several related mosquitoes
2
:  any mosquito of the genus Stegomyia; specifically :  yellow-fever mosquito

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