reduviid

[ ri-doo-vee-id, -dyoo- ]

noun

1. assassin bug.

reduviid

/ rɪˈdjuːvɪɪd /

noun

1. any hemipterous bug of the family Reduviidae , which includes the assassin bugs and the wheel bug

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the family Reduviidae

Word History and Origins

Origin of reduviid¹

1885–90; < New Latin Reduviidae, family name, equivalent to Reduvi ( a ) type genus ( Latin: hangnail) + -idae -id ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of reduviid¹

C19: from New Latin Reduviidae , from Latin reduvia a hangnail

Example Sentences

We have seen in our consideration of poisonous insects, that various species of Reduviid bugs readily attack man.

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The disease is transmitted by the bites of several species of assassin-bugs, or Reduviid, notably by Conorhinus megistus.

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Wasps (Polistes) placed in terraria were avoided, as were carabid beetles and reduviid bugs.

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Predaceous reduviid bugs and fossors, with their prey, from the S. Paulo district of south-east Brazil.

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