aedes

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/eɪˈiːdiːz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ā ē′dēz)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•e•des  (ā ē′dēz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. InsectsSee yellow-fever mosquito. 
  2. Insectsany mosquito of the genus Aedes. Also, a•ë′des. 
  • Greek aēdé̄s distasteful, unpleasant, equivalent. to a- a-6 + -ēdēs, combining form of hēdýs sweet, akin to hēdoné̄ pleasure. See sweet
  • Neo-Latin (1818)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
aedes /eɪˈiːdiːz/ n
  1. any mosquito of the genus Aedes (formerly Stegomyia) of tropical and subtropical regions, esp A. aegypti, which transmits yellow fever and dengue
Etymology: 20th Century: New Latin, from Greek aēdēs unpleasant, from a-1 + ēdos pleasant
'aedes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aedile - edify - mosquito - yellow fever - aedicule - edification - tiger mosquito - yellow-fever mosquito

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