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- adjective Having the
face of agnat (or similar insect)
Etymologies
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Examples
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All populations of the main vector, An. culicifacies have become resistant to DDT.
Waldo Jaquith - An illustration of the size of our nuclear arsenal. 2007
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Anopheles culicifacies in India, A. aconitus in Indonesia and
Chapter 7 1996
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In the Terai area of Nepal, Anopheles annularis and A. culicifacies are responsible for malaria transmission.
Chapter 9 1996
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Research by Amerasinghe et al. in Sri Lanka (System C of the Mahaweli Development Project) has shown how habitat simplification, occurring when a forest area is developed for irrigated agriculture, can favour important vector species, in the Sri Lanka case Anopheles culicifacies.
Chapter 9 1996
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Further details are provided in the legend of the maps of each complex in Text S5 (for the An. (Cellia) culicifacies and An. (Cellia) dirus complexes).
PLoS Medicine: New Articles Simon I. Hay et al. 2010
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