noun
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
• Syn: ↑bedbug, ↑chinch, ↑Cimex lectularius
• Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cimex, ↑genus Cimex
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bed bug or bed|bug «BEHD BUHG», noun.
a small, flat, wingless, reddish-brown, blood-sucking insect found in houses and especially in beds; cimex. Its bite is painful.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.