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REDUVIID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("reduviid" 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 "reduviid"):

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 ("reduviid" is a member of...):

family Reduviidae; Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

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