anopheles
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anopheles
- /əˈnɒfɪliːz/ UK
- /əˈnɑfəliz/ US
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Borrowed from taxonomic name Anopheles (“genus of mosquitoes”), coined by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845), from Ancient Greek ἀνωφελής (anōphelḗs, “unprofitable, useless; hurtful, prejudicial”), from ἀν- (an-) (a variant of ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having senses opposite to stems or terms to which it is attached)) + ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage, benefit, good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives). Doublet of Ophelia
noun anopheles · anopheleses
- A mosquito of the genus Anopheles, some insects of which transmit various parasites of the genus Plasmodium that are the cause of malaria. He must do his tour of guard even if anopheles are waiting to bite him, and follow his command into regions no matter how insalubrious.
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Talk about this word "anopheles." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/anopheles. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. anopheles. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/anopheles "anopheles." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/anopheles.Cite this
@misc{anopheles_2026,
title = {anopheles},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anopheles},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
