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bed⋅bug

[bed-buhg]
–noun
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.
Also, bed bug.


Origin:
1800–10; bed + bug 1
bed·bug also bed bug   (běd'bŭg')   
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.

Bedbug

Bed"bug`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Language Translation for : bedbug
Spanish: chinche,
German: die Wanze,
Japanese: なんきん虫

Main Entry: bed·bug
Pronunciation: 'bed-"b&g
Function: noun
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses andespecially beds and feeding on human blood called also chinch

bedbug bed·bug (běd'bŭg')
n.
A wingless, odorous insect with a flat, reddish body that infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood.

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