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ASSASSIN BUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
Synonyms:
assassin bug; reduviid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("assassin bug" is a kind of...):
heteropterous insect (true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assassin bug"):
big bedbug; cone-nosed bug; conenose; conenose bug; kissing bug (large bloodsucking bug)
Arilus cristatus; wheel bug (large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects)
Holonyms ("assassin bug" is a member of...):
family Reduviidae; Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
