Noun: kissing bug
- Large bloodsucking bug, also known as kissing bug
"The kissing bug got its name from its tendency to bite humans around the mouth while they sleep";
- conenose, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug
Derived forms: kissing bugs
Type of: assassin bug, reduviid
Part of: genus Triatoma, Triatoma
Encyclopedia: Kissing bug