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Definition of Reduviid
1. Noun. A true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals.
Generic synonyms: Heteropterous Insect
Group relationships: Family Reduviidae, Reduviidae
Specialized synonyms: Big Bedbug, Cone-nosed Bug, Conenose, Conenose Bug, Kissing Bug, Arilus Cristatus, Wheel Bug
Definition of Reduviid
1. Noun. any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, especially the assassin bug ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reduviid
1. a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reduviid
Literary usage of Reduviid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"159) of this Journal I gave an account of the slaughter of a large millipede by
a comparatively small reduviid bug. I have since had repeated evidence that ..."
2. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"... a catalogue of Hymenoptera; strange egg of a reduviid; Marx's American spiders;
... reduviid ..."
3. Health Information for International Travel edited by Rosamond R. Dewart (1999)
"Risk for Travelers reduviid bugs typically infest buildings constructed of mud,
... Avoidance of overnight stays in dwellings infested by the reduviid bug ..."
4. Health Information for International Travel (1994) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"reduviid bugs typically infest buildings constructed of mud, adobe brick, ...
Avoidance of overnight stays in dwellings infested by the reduviid bug vector ..."
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