CIMEX

Cimex, genus Cimex

(noun) type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cimex (plural cimices)

Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.

Source: Wiktionary


Ci"mex, n.; pl. Cimices. Etym: [L., a bug.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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