cimex lectularius

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbedbugbed bugchinch

   Broaderhemipterous insect

   Part ofCimex

Questions about cimex lectularius

What does cimex lectularius mean?

cimex lectularius means "bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood".

What is another word for cimex lectularius?

Close synonyms include bedbug, bed bug, chinch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cimex lectularius a common word?

cimex lectularius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.