bedbug: Meaning and Definition of

bed•bug

Pronunciation: (bed'bug"), [key]
— n.
  1. a flat, wingless, bloodsucking hemipterous insect, Cimex lectularius, that infests houses and esp. beds.
  2. any of several other bloodsucking bugs of the family Cimicidae.
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