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reduviid

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re·du·vi·id  (r-dv-d, -dy-)
n.
See assassin bug.
[From New Latin Reduviidae, family name, from Reduvius, type genus, from Latin reduvia, hangnail, fragment; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]
reduviid [rɪˈdjuːvɪɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any hemipterous bug of the family Reduviidae, which includes the assassin bugs and the wheel bug
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Reduviidae
[from New Latin Reduviidae, from Latin reduvia a hangnail]
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Noun1.reduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insectsreduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
assassin bug
heteropterous insect - true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips
family Reduviidae, Reduviidae - assassin bugs
big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose, conenose bug, kissing bug - large bloodsucking bug
Arilus cristatus, wheel bug - large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
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