CONENOSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large bloodsucking bug

Synonyms:

big bedbug; cone-nosed bug; conenose; conenose bug; kissing bug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

assassin bug; reduviid (a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals)

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

genus Triatoma; Triatoma (conenoses)

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