bed·bug also bed bug (b d b g )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 [ˈbɛdˌbʌg]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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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| Noun | 1. |  bedbug - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human bloodhemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis Cimex, genus Cimex - type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs |
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