cimex

cīmex icis, m

SCI-, a bug , Ct. — As a term of reproch, H.

cimex
cīmex, ĭcis, m. (so always acc. to Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 619 sq.; but fem. , Plin. 32, 10, 47 § 136...

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Cimex
·noun A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. ·see <<Bedbug>>....

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