bedbug

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɛdbʌg/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbɛdˌbʌg/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bed′bug′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
bed•bug or bed bug/ˈbɛdˌbʌg/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Insectsa wingless bug that sucks blood and lives in houses and beds.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bed•bug  (bed′bug′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Insectsa flat, wingless, bloodsucking hemipterous insect, Cimex lectularius, that infests houses and esp. beds.
  2. Insectsany of several other bloodsucking bugs of the family Cimicidae.
Also, bed′ bug′. 
  • bed + bug1 1800–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bedbug / ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ/
  1. any of several bloodsucking insects of the heteropterous genus Cimex, esp C. lectularius of temperate regions, having an oval flattened wingless body and infesting dirty houses: family Cimicidae
'bedbug' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mayakovsky - aphis - bug - chinch - cimex - coreopsis

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