CIMEX (cimices)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cimices   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cimex mean? 

• CIMEX (noun)
  The noun CIMEX has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

  Familiarity information: CIMEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIMEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cimex; genus Cimex

Hypernyms ("Cimex" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cimex"):

bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius (bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood)

Holonyms ("Cimex" is a member of...):

Cimicidae; family Cimicidae (wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects)