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adj
of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: assassin bug, kissing bug
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: assassin bug
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heteropterous insect
Narrower terms: conenose, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug, wheel bug, Arilus cristatus
History
Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.
Across languages
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