noun
large bloodsucking bug
• Syn: ↑cone-nosed bug, ↑conenose bug, ↑big bedbug, ↑kissing bug
• Hypernyms: ↑assassin bug, ↑reduviid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Triatoma, ↑genus Triatoma
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun also cone-nose bug or cone-nosed bug \\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷-\ : any of certain large bloodsucking bugs of Triatoma or closely related genera of the family Reduviidae including insects capable of inflicting extremely painful bites and at least one So. American form (Panstrongylus megistus or Triatoma megista) that is a vector of Chagas' disease — called also assassin bug, big bedbug, kissing bug
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/kohn"nohz'/, n.
any of several bloodsucking assassin bugs of the genus Triatoma, some of which inflict a painful bite and serve as vectors of Chagas' disease.
[1890-95; CONE + NOSE]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.