Assassin Bug Definition

noun

Any of a family (Reduviidae) of large brownish hemipteran insects that kill other insects and suck the life fluids from them: some species suck blood from mammals and may transmit Chagas' disease to humans.

Webster's New World

Any of various predatory insects of the family Reduviidae, having a short stout beak used to prey on other insects or, in certain genera, to suck blood from mammals.

American Heritage Medicine

A bug from the family Reduviidae, that eats other insects ; some species may transmit Chagas' disease to humans.

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