REDUVIID

Meaning of REDUVIID in English

noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin reduvia hangnail Date: 1888 assassin bug , ~ adjective

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REDUVIID — I. rə̇ˈd(y)üvēə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Reduviidae : of or relating to the Reduviidae II. noun ( -s ) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REDUVIID — /ri dooh"vee id, -dyooh"-/ , n. See assassin bug . [ 1885-90; Reduviidae, family name, equiv. to Reduvi ( a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUVIID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin reduvia hangnail Date: 1888 : assassin bug • reduviid adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REDUVIID — [re.du.vi.id] n [ultim. fr. L reduvia hangnail] (1888): assassin bug -- reduviid adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
REDUVIID — Pronunciation: ri- ' dü-v ē - ə d, - ' dyü- Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin reduvia hangnail Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHEEL BUG — noun : a large No. American reduviid bug ( Arilus cristatus ) with a high serrated crest on its prothorax …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RHODNIUS — ˈrädnēəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular from Greek rhodon rose; from the pink body fluid : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORSAIR — R ˈkȯrˌsa(a)(ə)r, -se(ə)r; - R ˈkȯ(ə)ˌsa(a)]ə, -se]ə, +V “ or ](ə)r\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French & Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAGAS' DISEASE — ˈshägəs(ə̇z)-, -ag- noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: after Carlos Chagas died 1934 Braz. physician who described it : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASSASSIN BUG — any of numerous bugs of the family Reduviidae, feeding chiefly on other insects but including some forms that are bloodsucking …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSASSIN BUG — Date: 1895 : any of a family (Reduviidae) of bugs that are usually predatory on insects though some (as a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASSASSIN BUG — [assassin bug] n (1895): any of a family (Reduviidae) of bugs that are usu. predatory on insects though some (as …
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CHAGAS' DISEASE
Britannica English vocabulary
KISSING BUGS — Insect vectors (carriers) of the parasite (called Trypanosoma cruzi) which causes Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis). The reduviid bugs "kiss" people, …
English Dictionary of Medicine

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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