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View synonyms for bedbug

bedbug

or bed bug

[ bed-buhg ]

noun

  1. a flat, wingless, bloodsucking hemipterous insect, Cimex lectularius, that infests houses and especially beds.
  2. any of several other bloodsucking bugs bug bugs of the family Cimicidae.


bedbug

/ ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ /

noun

  1. any of several bloodsucking insects of the heteropterous genus Cimex , esp C. lectularius of temperate regions, having an oval flattened wingless body and infesting dirty houses: family Cimicidae


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedbug1

First recorded in 1800–10; bed + bug 1

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Example Sentences

This mattress protector ensures that bedbugs can’t make their home inside your home, giving you peace of mind as you sleep.

Their new landlords don’t want bedbugs or cockroaches to hitch a ride on their possessions.

They have no cockroaches, no bedbugs, no large mice that are chasing you.

You should be able to cure most issues, other than termites and bedbugs, without hiring a service.

One with no risk of running out of food, getting into trouble at port, or—yuck—hosting an infestation of bedbugs.

In fact, an Indian and a louse are natural allies—boon companions—and are as inseparable as the boarding-house bed and the bedbug.

The bedbug has not been seen in a year in Porto Rico, though there is no reason why it should not be here.

The bedbug is more of a tradition than a fact, and many of those who shudder at mention of him have never seen one of his kind.

Ants, especially the white ant, pay frequent visits to the house, but the worst scourge of all is the ravenous bedbug.

In Kansas, the bedbug is improperly called the chintz-bug, and is believed to dwell under the bark of the cotton-wood tree.

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