n 1  cap , in some classifications  :  a genus of mosquitoes including the yellow-fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) and several related mosquitoes  2  :  any mosquito of the genus Stegomyia : specif  :  YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO .
 
 
 
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