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bedbug

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bed·bug also bed bug  (bdbg)
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
Noun
a small blood-sucking wingless insect that infests dirty houses
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bedbugbedbug - 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 [ˈbɛdbʌg] n → chinche f
bedbug [ˈbɛdbʌg] n → punaise f
bedbug [ˈbɛdbʌg] n → Wanze f
bedbug [ˈbɛdbʌg] n → cimice f


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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.
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