HyperDic: cimex_lectularius

English > 1 sense of the expression Cimex lectularius:
NOUNanimalCimex lectularius, bedbug, bed bug, chinchbug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
English > Cimex lectularius: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
Synonymsbedbug, bed bug, chinch
Member ofCimex, genus Cimextype genus of the Cimicidae
Broaderhemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteroninsects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base
Spanishchinche, cimex lectularius
Catalancimex lectularius, Cimex lectularius, xinxa

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