cone-nosed bug

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   large bloodsucking bug

   Synonymsconenoseconenose bugbig bedbugkissing bug

   Broaderassassin bug

   Part ofTriatoma

Questions about cone-nosed bug

What does cone-nosed bug mean?

cone-nosed bug means "large bloodsucking bug".

What is another word for cone-nosed bug?

Close synonyms include conenose, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug. 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 cone-nosed bug a common word?

cone-nosed bug 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.