Reduviid
/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease
- 2 a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals wordnet
Adjective
- 1 of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae not-comparable
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.