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Definition of Cimicidae
1. Noun. Wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Hemiptera, Order Hemiptera
Member holonyms: Cimex, Genus Cimex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cimicidae
Literary usage of Cimicidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"It would, however, be very necessary to watch the animal, in order to prevent
its entering too far. § III. cimicidae. ..."
2. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"The family cimicidae belongs to the Order Hemiptera, which is subdivided ...
Revision of the American cimicidae. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, Vol. ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"This family includes at present only a few, minute, fragile bugs, that have often
been classified with cimicidae or Anthocoridae. ..."
4. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"Family cimicidae.—The cimicidae is a very small group but well known through one
of its members, the Bedbug. All of the insects belonging here are small, ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"The relative abundance of the families is what should be expected, in view of
the fact that the cimicidae are abundant in numbers and strong fliers, ..."
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