acrodendrophily
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From acro- (“tip”) + dendro- (“tree”) + -phily (“liking, tendency”). Coined by Garnham et al. in 1946.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]acrodendrophily (uncountable)
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ PCC Garnham, JO Harper, RB Highton (1946) “The mosquitos of the Kaimosi Forest, Kenya Colony, with special reference to yellow fever”, in Bulletin of entomological research[1], volume 36, number 4, Cambridge University Press, , →ISSN, page 487
- ^ R. Killick-Kendrick (2012 December 2) Rodent Malaria[2], Elsevier, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42: “Acrodendrophily is a term first used by Garnham et al. (1945) to describe the “tendency that is shown by certain sylvan mosquitos for haunting tree-tops”.”