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CIMEX LECTULARIUS

\sˈa͡ɪmɛks lˈɛktjʊlˈe͡əɹɪəs], \sˈa‍ɪmɛks lˈɛktjʊlˈe‍əɹɪəs], \s_ˈaɪ_m_ɛ_k_s l_ˈɛ_k_t_j_ʊ_l_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of CIMEX LECTULARIUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The bedbug: used homeopathically.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The universal bedbug, brownish in color and having a proboscis with cutting stylets up which the blood runs into the mouth. They may convey the Spirochaeta Obermeiri, the germ of relapsing fever.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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