TRIATOMA


Meaning of TRIATOMA in English

trīˈad.əmə noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin tria three + New Latin -toma — more at tri-

1. capitalized : a genus of large blood-sucking bugs that are usually placed in the family Reduviidae but sometimes assigned to a separate family and that feed on mammals and sometimes transmit Chagas' disease to their hosts — see conenose

2. -s : any bug of the genus Triatoma

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.