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5 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
originEtymology tree Latin culexbor. English culex Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
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