cimex
pronunciation
How to pronounce cimex in British English:
UK ['saɪmeks]
How to pronounce cimex in American English:
US ['saɪmeks]
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- Noun:
- type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs
Word Origin
- cimex (n.)
- Latin, "bug, bedbug," also a term of reproach, of uncertain origin. Related: Cimiceous "buggy;" cimicine "smelling of bugs."
Example
- 1. That was in 1995 and none of my students had laid eyes on cimex lectularius either .