The tribe of mosquitoes (family Culicidae) that includes the genus Anopheles. [G. anopheles, useless, troublesome]
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Anoph·e·li·ni (ə-nof″ə-liґni) a tribe of mosquitoes of the subfamily Anophelinae; genera of medical interest include Anopheles and Chagasia.Medical dictionary. 2011.