reduviid
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family ReduviidaeOf, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
UK/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/US/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
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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