HyperDic: bedbug

English > 1 sense of the word *bedbug*:
NOUN	animal	bedbug, bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius	bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

bedbug > pronunciation
Sounds	beh'dbahg
Rhymes	bug ... Winnipeg: 26 rhymes with ahg...

English > *bedbug*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
Synonyms	bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius
Member of	Cimex, genus Cimex	type genus of the Cimicidae
Broader	hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron	insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base
Spanish	chinche, cimex lectularius
Catalan	cimex lectularius, Cimex lectularius, xinxa