reduviid
reduviid · reduviids
Any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and…Any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease
UK/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/US/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/
Meaning
1 sensesAny member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease
More definitions
- a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
Origin
Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffiBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: reduviidsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals:assassin bug