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Meanings of Cimex lectularius in English

Russian
постельный клоп
Portuguese
cimex lectularius
Catalan
xinxa del llit
Spanish
cimex lectularius
Wikidata

Species of insect.

Related terms
постельный клоп
Portuguese
percevejo
Spanish
cimex lectularius

Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.

percevejo
Synonyms
Examples for "bed-bug"
Examples for "bed-bug"
1
The house was a rattle trap, plastering off, and a regular bed-bug nest.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
2
Closely allied, though generally wingless, is that enemy of our peace, the bed-bug.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
3
Besides the Reduvius, the cockroach is the natural enemy of the bed-bug, and destroys large numbers.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
4
As the poet sings of the little bed-bug, she ain't got no wings-butshe gets there just the same!
The Foolish Virgin
5
Not a bed-bug aft-knowbetter dan come here; jest like de people, in dat respects, and keep deir place forrard.
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
Usage of Cimex lectularius in English
1
The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has re-established itself as a ubiquitous human ectoparasite throughout much of the world during the past two decades.
Pubmed
2
Don't let the Cimex Lectularius bite.
The witch of agnesi