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: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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The high alert surrounding dengue cases comes just months after France faced a massive bedbug infestation across Paris’s public transport networks.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
Like fleas or bedbugs, leaping thoughts that were both inconsequential and biting, vexing.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Adult bedbugs are about the size of an apple seed and are long, brown or reddish-brown with flat bodies.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Overall interest in bedbug videos on TikTok rose, with the hashtag #bedbugs amassing 6 million views in the last seven days.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1708, in the meaning defined above
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“Bedbug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedbug. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
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
More from Merriam-Webster on bedbug
Nglish: Translation of bedbug for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about bedbug
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