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The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

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  1. n. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
  2. n. A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.
  3. n. bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
  4. 1. (Zoöl.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). 2. (Zoöl.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.
  5. n bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood