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kissing bug
kiss·ing bug (kĭs′ĭng)n. See conenose.kissing bug n (Animals) a North American assassin bug, Melanolestes picipes, with a painful bite, usually attacking the lips or cheeks of man kiss′ing bug`
n. conenose. [1895–1900, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  kissing bug - large bloodsucking bug big bedbug, conenose, conenose bug, cone-nosed bugassassin bug, reduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammalsgenus Triatoma, Triatoma - conenoses |
Translationskissing bug
kissing bug: see assassin bugassassin bug,
common name for members of the family Reduviidae, one of the largest and most varied groups belonging to the order Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera). Assassin bugs are generally brownish to black, medium-sized to large insects, with heads that are elongate and
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kissing bug (kĭs′ĭng)n. See conenose.As commonly used, any bug that acts as a vector for Chagas disease, so named because they often bite on the face. It is a cone-nosed haematophagous insect with various hosts in the tropics and subtropics; it measures 1-4 cm and is ‘autumn-colored’; its bite elicits papules, painful urticaria, haemorrhagic bulla, occasionally angiooedema, anaphylactoid reaction, and shock; it is also the vector for trypanosoma—Chaga’s disease—causing inflammation, atrophy and fibrosis of Auerbach’s plexus ganglion cells, resulting in acquired megacolonbug (bug) 1. A colloquial term for any small insect or arthropod, esp. of the order Hemiptera, that has sucking mouth parts, incomplete metamorphosis, and two pairs of wings, the fore pair being half membranous. See: bedbug; chigger2. A colloquial term for a disease-causing germ or microorganism.assassin bugAny member of the family Reduviidae. Many are predaceous; others are bloodsucking. Panstrongylus, Triatoma, and Rhodnius are vectors of Chagas disease. See: conenose; trypanosomiasiscone-nose bug, cone-nosed bugConenose.croton bugGerman cockroach.kissing bugConenose.red bugChigger.kissing bug The reduviid bug that transmits CHAGAS' DISEASE. It is so called because its nocturnal bite is barely felt.LegalSeeAssassinFinancialSeeBugkissing bug
Related to kissing bug: Chagas diseaseSynonyms for kissing bugnoun large bloodsucking bugSynonyms- big bedbug
- conenose
- conenose bug
- cone-nosed bug
Related Words- assassin bug
- reduviid
- genus Triatoma
- Triatoma
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