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bed bug
bed·bug also bed bug B0147900 (bĕd′bŭg′)n. Any of several small wingless parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae, especially Cimex lectularius, which infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood. Also called regionally chinch.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | bed bug - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human bloodbedbug, chinch, Cimex lectulariushemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosisCimex, genus Cimex - type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs | EncyclopediaSeebedbugbed bug
bed bug Drug slang Regional slang for fellow drug addict. Public health A small haematophagous (blood-sucking) arthropod. Clinical findings Pruritus and, in sensitive individuals, urticaria, vesiculobullous lesions, arthalgia, asthmatiform symptoms. Types • Cosmopolitan—Cimex lectularius. • Tropical—Cimex hemipterus.bed bug
Synonyms for bed bugnoun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human bloodSynonyms- bedbug
- chinch
- Cimex lectularius
Related Words- hemipteran
- hemipteron
- hemipterous insect
- bug
- Cimex
- genus Cimex
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