kissing bug

/kɪsɪŋ bəg/
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Other forms: kissing bugs

Definitions of kissing bug
  1. noun
    large bloodsucking bug
    synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose, conenose bug
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    type of:
    assassin bug, reduviid
    a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
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