noun.
Any of several small wingless parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae, especially Cimex lectularius, which infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The Cimex lectularius or Acanthia lectularia, infesting beds. See bug.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
noun.
Small nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.
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noun.
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
noun.
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Word Usage
"After an employee complained, officials sent in bedbug-sniffing dogs, which detected the pests in two cubicles and a small storage area on the fourth floor - apparently in the Africa bureau - according to an e-mail we received late Monday."