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bed·bug also bed bug (b

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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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bed bug - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

bedbug, chinch, Cimex lectularius

hemipteran, 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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