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kissing bug

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kiss·ing bug (ksng)
n.
See conenose.
kissing bug
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a North American assassin bug, Melanolestes picipes, with a painful bite, usually attacking the lips or cheeks of man
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kissing bugkissing bug - large bloodsucking bug              
big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose, conenose bug
assassin bug, reduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
genus Triatoma, Triatoma - conenoses


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