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reduviid

[ ri-doo-vee-id, -dyoo- ]

reduviid

/ rɪˈdjuːvɪɪd /

noun

  1. any hemipterous bug of the family Reduviidae , which includes the assassin bugs and the wheel bug
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the family Reduviidae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reduviid1

1885–90; < New Latin Reduviidae, family name, equivalent to Reduvi ( a ) type genus ( Latin: hangnail) + -idae -id 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reduviid1

C19: from New Latin Reduviidae , from Latin reduvia a hangnail
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Example Sentences

We have seen in our consideration of poisonous insects, that various species of Reduviid bugs readily attack man.

The disease is transmitted by the bites of several species of assassin-bugs, or Reduviid, notably by Conorhinus megistus.

Wasps (Polistes) placed in terraria were avoided, as were carabid beetles and reduviid bugs.

Predaceous reduviid bugs and fossors, with their prey, from the S. Paulo district of south-east Brazil.

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