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bedbug
CIDE DICTIONARY
bedbug, n.
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius ), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bedbug, n. either of two flat, wingless, evil-smelling insects of the genus Cimex infesting beds and unclean houses and sucking blood .
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