culexifuge (kuleksifuj)

Same as culici fuge. [E. Ind.] In India, a culgee (kul'gē), n. plume with a jeweled fastening; an aigret. culi, n. Same as kjuli . Culicidæ (kū-lis'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., quitos, etc. They have slender proboscis of seven pieces, filiform or plumose antenne, contiguous eyes without ocelli, and wings with few cells. The eggs are laid on substances in the water, in which the larvæ live. The latter are provided with respiratory organs at the hinder end of the body, and consequently swim head downward. There are about 150 species of the family. See cuts under gnat, midge, and mosquito. culiciform (kū-lis'i-form), a. [