bed bug
- a variation of bedbug.
Example Sentences
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John said he had lost personal possessions because of the bed bug infestation.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
The complaint, filed in December 2021, alleges the two men rented a room at the hotel and immediately began experiencing bed bug bites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
"Popular tourist locations in Europe and in Asia are seeing all time high of bed bug infestations. High movement of people also means bed bugs could hitch-hike from one to location to another very quickly."
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024
BBC News visited a tech firm in Cambridge that researches bed bug behaviour and has developed a smart trap connected to an online alert system.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2023
The family Pediculina, or true lice, is higher than the bird lice, their mouth parts, as well as the structure of the head, resembling the true Hemiptera, especially the bed bug.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
