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Assassin bug Moderate

Assassin bug has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.

See Also
chagas disease subfamily masked hunter triatoma true bug triatominae triatomid family
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
heteropterous insect
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
conenose wheel bug
Rhyming Words
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