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Noun: bedbug  'bed,búg
  1. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
    - bed bug, chinch [N. Amer, informal], Cimex lectularius

Derived forms: bed bugs, bedbugs

Type of: bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect

Part of: Cimex, genus Cimex

Encyclopedia: Bedbug, California