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CIMICIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects

Synonyms:

Cimicidae; family Cimicidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cimicidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cimicidae"):

Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)

Holonyms ("Cimicidae" is a member of...):

Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))

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