CONENOSE

conenose, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug

(noun) large bloodsucking bug

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

conenose (plural conenoses)

conenose bug

Anagrams

• nose cone, nosecone

Source: Wiktionary


Cone"-nose`, n.

Definition: A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PARSEC

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