Syn: cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
kissing bug — 1. Informal. a. a person much given to kissing. b. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed. 2. any of several assassin bugs that attack humans, sometimes inflicting painful bites. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
kissing bug — noun Date: 1899 any of various large bloodsucking bugs and especially some assassin bugs (genus Triatoma) including some capable of inflicting painful bites called also conenose … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Reduviidae — A family (order Hemiptera) of predatory insects, the assassin bugs, which attack animals and humans. It includes the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing or cone nosed bugs, whose type genus Triatoma includes species that are vectors of Trypanosoma … Medical dictionary
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big bedbug — conenose cone nose, cone nose cone nose , n. A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family {Reduviid[ae]}, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called {kissing … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cone-nose — conenose cone nose, cone nose cone nose , n. A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family {Reduviid[ae]}, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called {kissing … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
