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SIMULIUM

\sɪmjˈuːli͡əm], \sɪmjˈuːli‍əm], \s_ɪ_m_j_ˈuː_l_iə_m]\

Definitions of SIMULIUM

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2006 - WordNet 3.0
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1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Several species of the genus Simulium (family Simuliidae) that act as intermediate hosts (vectors) for the parasitic disease ONCHOCERCIASIS.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A genus, of sandflies of the family Simulidae, and the order Diptera. They are numerous in Europe and the tropics, and suck the blood of many animals as well as that of man, causing papules on the exposed portions of the body of the latter.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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