English translation of "miruìs" - "mosquitoes (ceratopogonidea family)"

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203 months ago

art1234 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Portuguese > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	miruìs
Context:	À empresa “X”, os nossos agradecimentos pela excelência e a qualidade da obra entregue, aliás construída em pleno coração do Maiombe não obstante os seus técnicos e obreiros terem que suportar por vezes o zumbir e as incómodas picadelas dos miruís bastante abundantes nesta área da floresta tropical densa.

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203 months ago

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mosquitoes (ceratopogonidea family)

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miru� = maru� = design. comum a diversos mosquitos da fam. dos ceratopogon�deos, de at� 2 mm de comprimento, cuja ocorr�ncia no Brasil est� associada aos manguezais; as f�meas s�o hemat�fagas e transmissoras da filariose ao homem e aos animais dom�sticos por meio de picadas dolorosas

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What does Ceratopogonidae mean? definition and meaning (Free ...
Ceratopogonidae; family Ceratopogonidae. Hypernyms ("Ceratopogonidae" is a kind of...): arthropod family (any of the arthropods) ...
www.audioenglish.net/.../ceratopogonidae.htm

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