Bedbug Definition

bedbug
bedbugs
noun
bedbugs
Any of various members of a family (Cimicidae) of wingless, bloodsucking hemipteran insects, esp. the species (Cimex lectularius) with a broad, flat, reddish-brown body and an unpleasant odor that infests beds, furniture, walls, etc., is active mainly at night, and may transmit a variety of diseases.
Webster's New World
Any of several small wingless parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae, especially Cimex lectularius, which infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood.
American Heritage Medicine

Small nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.

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Origin of Bedbug

  • bed +‎ bug.

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