Medical Dictionary

Culicoides

noun Cu·li·coi·des \ˌkyü-lə-ˈkid-ˌēz\

Medical Definition of CULICOIDES

:  a genus of bloodsucking midges (family Ceratopogonidae) of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites

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