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Definition of Bedbug
1. Noun. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
Generic synonyms: Bug, Hemipteran, Hemipteron, Hemipterous Insect
Group relationships: Cimex, Genus Cimex
Definition of Bedbug
1. n. A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Definition of Bedbug
1. Noun. Small nocturnal insects of the family ''Cimicidae'' that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedbug
1. a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bedbug
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedbug
Literary usage of Bedbug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"CHAPTER V THE COMMON bedbug Cimex lectularius THE bedbug is apparently as old as
... Very likely the bedbug was a companion to the cave man long before such ..."
2. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"On account of the habit of the bedbug of sucking the blood of man, ... Girault lias
pointed out that the bedbug will feed on mice, living or dead. ..."
3. Short Talks on Personal and Community Health by Louis Lehrfeld (1920)
"bedbug a Carrier of Disease Slaughter houses, butcher shops, ... The bedbug as
a Carrier of Disease '"pHE ridicule and fun poked at the bedbug should not ..."
4. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"Examine a mounted specimen of Cimex lectularius, the common bedbug, for the above
indicated characteristics. Draw the specimen. EXERCISE 8b THE CONE-NOSES ..."
5. Public Hygiene by Thomas Stewart Blair (1911)
"THE bedbug* The presence of the bedbug (Cimex lectularius) in a house is not ...
As with nearly a 11 insects associated with man, the bedbug has had the ..."
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