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Noun: genus Anopheles
  1. Malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
    - Anopheles

Type of: arthropod genus

Part of: Culicidae, family Culicidae

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genus Annona
genus Anoa
genus Anodonta
genus Anoectochilus
genus Anogramma
genus Anolis
genus Anomala
genus Anomalops
genus Anomalopteryx
genus Anomia
genus Anopheles
genus Anser
genus Antedon
genus Antennaria
genus Anthemis
genus Antheraea
genus Anthericum
genus Antheropeas
genus Anthidium
genus Anthoceros
genus Anthonomus