reduviid

(ri do̵̅o̅vē id, -dyo̵̅o̅-)

noun

assassin bug

Origin: < ModL Reduviidae < L reduvia, hangnail, remnant < OL redivia < *reduere, to strip away < red-, re- + -uere < IE base *eu-, to put on

See reduviid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Reduviidae, family name

Origin: , from Reduvius, type genus

Origin: , from Latin reduvia, hangnail, fragment; see eu- in Indo-European roots

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