释义 |
tri·at·o·ma \trīˈad.əmə\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin tria three + New Latin -toma — more at tri- 1. capitalized : a genus of large blood-sucking bugs that are usually placed in the family Reduviidae but sometimes assigned to a separate family and that feed on mammals and sometimes transmit Chagas' disease to their hosts — see conenose 2. -s : any bug of the genus Triatoma |