bedbug

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

From bed + bug.

Why is a railroad train like a bedbug? — The New Pun Book, Unknown
The wood-tick is a small, rather disgusting-looking creature which, in appearance and size, resembles the common bedbug. — On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, Lina Beard
And they say the 'tween-deck and forecastle smells o' bedbugs and bilge-water, and they want their grog. — "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea, Morgan Robertson

bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius

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