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| 1. | a flat, wingless, bloodsucking hemipterous insect, Cimex lectularius, that infests houses and esp. beds. |
| 2. | any of several other bloodsucking bugs of the family Cimicidae. |
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n. A wingless odorous insect (Cimex lectularius) with a flat reddish body that infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood. Also called regionally chinch, chinch bug. |
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| bedbug | |
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| bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈbedbug noun
a small blood-sucking insect that lives in houses, especially beds
See also: -bedded, bed, bed and breakfast, bed of roses, bedclothes, bedcover, bedding, bedridden, bedroom, bedside, bedspread, bedtime, go to bed
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Bedbug
Bed"bug`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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