Cimex

[saimeks]

(noun.) type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs.

Editor: Rudolf--From WordNet

(n.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Typist: Sol

n. a bug.—adjs. Cimic′ic Cimic′ious.—n. Cimicif′uga the genus of bugworts or bugbanes natural order Ranunculace.

Typed by Jerry