bedbug

bed·bug also bed bug (b

)

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]

(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

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

bed bug, 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

Translations

bedbug [ˈbedbʌg] N → chinche m or f

bedbug bed bug [ˈbɛdbʌg] n → punaise f

bedbug [ˈbɛdˌbʌg] n → cimice f (dei letti)

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assassin bug
bed bug
big bedbug
Bug
chinch
chinch bug
cimex
Cimex lectularius
Cimicidae
Cimiss
cone-nosed bug
conenose
conenose bug
damsel bug
debris bug
family Cimicidae
genus Cimex
genus Triatoma
hemipterology

There were two bunks, one above the other, each with a straw mattress and a pair of gray blankets--the latter stiff as boards with filth, and alive with fleas, bedbugs, and lice.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

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