Meanings
adjectiveornithophagic (not comparable)
- not comparableThat feeds on birds
In the primary cycle of WN virus, ornithophagic mosquitoes, such as Cx. pipiens, feed on viremic birds (amplification hosts), become infected, and transmit WN virus to other amplification hosts.
2001, Dennis J. White, West Nile Virus: Detection, Surveillance, and Control
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