[L. gnat.] A gnat; in Entom. the genus containing gnats and mosquitoes.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 380/1. What is the cause that culex whiche is a lytel beest hath vi feet & two wynges.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 227. The Culices, whose larvæ are destined to live and find their subsistence in water, drop their ova on its surface.
1876. Duhring, Dis. Skin, 600. Culex, or Mosquito is not infrequently the source of considerable irritation upon the skin.
