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: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (especially Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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While everyone believes in bedbugs, the same cannot be said for ghosts.
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
Pest control later confirmed the insects in question were bedbugs, according to the email.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
Another bug known to cause bug bites on the eyelid are bedbugs.
—Andrew Greenberg, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
In the secondhand-furniture ecosystem of New York, there’s the rarefied tier of antiques and vintage furniture, with designer pedigrees and period markings, and then there’s the one where most of us operate, looking for something workable, decent, and free of bedbugs.
—Lindy Segal, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
Pest control later confirmed the insects in question were bedbugs, according to the email.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
Another bug known to cause bug bites on the eyelid are bedbugs.
—Andrew Greenberg, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
In the secondhand-furniture ecosystem of New York, there’s the rarefied tier of antiques and vintage furniture, with designer pedigrees and period markings, and then there’s the one where most of us operate, looking for something workable, decent, and free of bedbugs.
—Lindy Segal, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Bedbug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedbug. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg 
: a wingless bloodsucking bug sometimes infesting houses and especially beds
Medical Definition
bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
called also chinch
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