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large bloodsucking bug

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  1. n. large bloodsucking bug
  2. Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causing painful sores, as the cone-nose (Conorhinus sanguisuga). [U. S.]
  3. Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemipterathat sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causingpainful sores, as the cone-nose (Conorhinus sanguisuga). [U. S.]