- genus Cimex
- nountype genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs• Syn: ↑Cimex• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cimicidae, ↑family Cimicidae• Member Meronyms: ↑bedbug, ↑bed bug, ↑chinch, ↑Cimex lectularius
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genus Cimex
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Cimex antennatus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insect … Wikipedia
cimex — [sī′meks΄] n. pl. cimices [sim′i sēz΄] [ModL < L, a bug < IE base * k̑i , dark gray > Russ sinij, dark blue] any of a genus (Cimex) of broad, flat, nearly wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous bugs, including the common bedbug … English World dictionary
Cimex — noun type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs • Syn: ↑genus Cimex • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cimicidae, ↑family Cimicidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cimex lectularius — Bug Bug (b[u^]g), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cimex — /suy meks/, n., pl. cimices /sim euh seez /. a bedbug of the genus Cimex. [1575 85; < NL, L cimex bedbug] * * * … Universalium
cimex — ci•mex [[t]ˈsaɪ mɛks[/t]] n. pl. cim•i•ces [[t]ˈsɪm əˌsiz[/t]] ent any bedbug of the genus Cimex[/ex] • Etymology: 1575–85; < NL, L cīmex bedbug … From formal English to slang
Cimex lectularius — noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood • Syn: ↑bedbug, ↑bed bug, ↑chinch • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron … Useful english dictionary
cimex — noun Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug. Some of these cimices are extremely pretty, but if handled emit their disagreeable perfume. I have met with about a dozen species of these bugs … Wiktionary
cimex — /ˈsaɪmɛks/ (say suymeks) noun (plural cimices /ˈsaɪməsiz/ (say suymuhseez)) an insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bed bug …
Cimex — Ci mex, n.; pl. {Cimices}. [L., a bug.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See {Bedbug}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
