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CONE-NOSED BUG

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Dictionary entry overview: What does cone-nosed bug mean?

• CONE-NOSED BUG (noun)
The noun CONE-NOSED BUG has 1 sense:

1. large bloodsucking bug

Familiarity information: CONE-NOSED BUG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONE-NOSED BUG (noun)

Sense 1

cone-nosed bug ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Large bloodsucking bug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

big bedbug; cone-nosed bug; conenose; conenose bug; kissing bug

Hypernyms ("cone-nosed bug" is a kind of...):

assassin bug; reduviid (a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals)

Holonyms ("cone-nosed bug" is a member of...):

genus Triatoma; Triatoma (conenoses)

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