bedbug Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
    bed bug; chinch; Cimex lectularius.

WordNet


Bed"bug` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Webster 1913