noun
- Plural of culicid; members of the family Culicidae, a family of insects that includes mosquitoes.
Usage: technical; zoology
Examples
- Culicids are responsible for transmitting diseases like malaria and dengue fever.
- The study examined the behavior of culicids in tropical regions.
- Entomologists classify culicids into several genera based on their morphological features.
- Culicids have specialized mouthparts adapted for blood feeding in females.
- The larvae of culicids develop in aquatic environments.