Meanings
nounsimuliotoxicosis (uncountable)
- uncountableToxicosis caused by the presence of black flies of the genus Simulium.
Of the nine big-river species in the clade, which have not caused simuliotoxicosis, at least three (S. cholodkovskii, S. jenningsi Malloch, and S. penobscotense Snoddy & Bauer) are major, but nonlethal, annoyance pests of humans and domesticated animals.
2016 January 26, “Cryptic Biodiversity and the Origins of Pest Status Revealed in the Macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), History’s Most Destructive Black Fly”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with simuliotoxicosis
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