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reduviid

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re⋅du⋅vi⋅id

  [ri-doo-vee-id, -dyoo-]
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–noun
assassin bug.
Origin:
1885–90; < NL Reduviidae, family name, equiv. to Reduvi(a) type genus (L: hangnail) + -idae -id 2

assassin bug

 
–noun
any of numerous bugs of the family Reduviidae, feeding chiefly on other insects but including some forms that are bloodsucking parasites of mammals.
Also called reduviid.

Origin:
1890–95
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assassin bug  
n.  Any of various predatory bugs of the family Reduviidae, which have short, curved, powerful beaks used to prey on other insects or, in certain genera, modified to suck blood from mammals. Also called reduviid.
re·du·vi·id   (rĭ-dōō'vē-ĭd, -dyōō'-)   
n.  See assassin bug.

[From New Latin Reduviidae, family name, from Reduvius, type genus, from Latin reduvia, hangnail, fragment; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: as·sas·sin bug
Pronunciation: &-'sas-&n-
Function: noun
: any bug of the family Reduviidae —compare CONENOSE

Main Entry: re·du·vi·id
Pronunciation: ri-'d(y)ü-vE-&d
Function: noun
: any bug of the family Reduviidae —reduviid adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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assassin bug as·sas·sin bug (ə-sās'ĭn)
n.
A predatory bug of the family Reduviidae having powerful piercing mouthparts that inflict irritating, painful bites on humans.

reduviid re·du·vi·id (rĭ-d&oomacr;'vē-ĭd, -dy&oomacr;'-)
n.
A member of the family Reduviidae; an assassin bug.

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