Having a shape or form resembling a mosquito or gnat.
From Latin 'culex' (mosquito) plus '-form' (from 'forma,' meaning shape), describing things shaped like mosquitoes.
Some prehistoric insects were culiciform but much larger—studying ancient mosquito-shaped fossils helps scientists understand how insects evolved from their Jurassic ancestors!
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