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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various predatory insects of the family Reduviidae, having a short stout beak used to prey on other insects or, in certain genera, to suck blood from mammals.
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- noun a
bug from the familyReduviidae , that eats otherinsects ; some species may transmitChagas' disease to humans.
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- noun a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
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