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CIMEX LECTULARIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cimex lectularius mean?
• CIMEX LECTULARIUS (noun)
The noun CIMEX LECTULARIUS has 1 sense:
1. bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Familiarity information: CIMEX LECTULARIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius
Hypernyms ("Cimex lectularius" is a kind of...):
bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)
Holonyms ("Cimex lectularius" is a member of...):
Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)
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