noun
- Plural of culicine; members of the subfamily Culicinae, a large group of mosquitoes that includes the common house mosquito and many disease-carrying species.
Usage: technical; zoology
Examples
- Culicines are responsible for transmitting many human diseases, including dengue fever and yellow fever.
- The subfamily Culicinae contains the majority of mosquito species found in urban areas.
- Researchers studied the behavior of culicines to develop better pest control strategies.
- Unlike anophelines, culicines typically breed in a wide variety of water sources.
- Culicines are characterized by their palps, which are shorter than their proboscis.