day-biter

noun

day-biter

noun

1

An insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.

Aedes is a well know^([sic]) day-biter (although it can bite at night too) and is best known as the carrier of the yellow fever and dengue viruses.2005, Dom Colbert, MCQs in Travel And Tropical Medicine: A Primer of Travel Medicine:

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