Definition of cimex Cimex
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WordNet
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| cimex - type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs | ||
| genus Cimex | ||
| arthropod genus a genus of arthropods | ||
| cimicidae, family cimicidae wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cimex (n.)
A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cimex
si-meks′, n. a bug.—adjs. Cimic′ic, Cimic′ious.—n. Cimicif′uga, the genus of bugworts or bugbanes, natural order Ranunculaceæ. [L. cimex.]
