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Cimicidae

noun

wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects

• Syn: ↑family Cimicidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑Cimex, ↑genus Cimex

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\\sīˈmisəˌdē, sə̇ˈ-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cimic-, Cimex, type genus + -idae

: a small family of flat-bodied wingless bloodsucking bugs (order Hemiptera) including the bedbug and certain pests of birds and bats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.