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Definition of Conenose
1. Noun. Large bloodsucking bug.
Exact synonyms: Big Bedbug, Cone-nosed Bug, Conenose Bug, Kissing Bug
Generic synonyms: Assassin Bug, Reduviid
Group relationships: Genus Triatoma, Triatoma
Generic synonyms: Assassin Bug, Reduviid
Group relationships: Genus Triatoma, Triatoma
Definition of Conenose
1. n. A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.
Definition of Conenose
1. a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conenose
Literary usage of Conenose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"WHEEL-BUG, any of several species of conenose (qv). WHEEL-GEARING, a general term
applicable to all forms of mechanical devices by which motion is ..."
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