cimex

[sahy-meks]

noun, plural cim·i·ces [sim-uh-seez] /ˈsɪm əˌsiz/.

a bedbug of the genus Cimex.

Origin of cimex

1575–85; < New Latin, Latin cīmex bedbug

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Examples from the Web for cimex

Historical Examples of cimex

It has the same habits and practically the same life cycle as Cimex lectularius.
Handbook of Medical Entomology
William Albert Riley
But the resources of one-and-twenty are not easily daunted, even by the presence of the cimex lectularius or the pulex irritans.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
Henry J. Coke
In fact, in general outline they are strikingly like that bte noire of all good housekeepers—the Cimex lectularius.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly,
Various
The former dedicated a fine species of Cimex to Drury, figured in the first volume of these Illustrations, pl.
Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Dru Drury
The physiology and activity of the bedbug (Cimex lectularius L.) in a natural infestation.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth

British Dictionary definitions for cimex

cimex

noun plural cimices (ˈsɪmɪˌsiːz)

any of the heteropterous insects of the genus Cimex, esp the bedbug

Word Origin for cimex

C16: from Latin: bug

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Word Origin and History for cimex

Latin, "bug, bedbug," also a term of reproach, of uncertain origin. Related: Cimiceous "buggy;" cimicine "smelling of bugs."