ALL meanings of assassin bug
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A a - noun assassin bug any long-legged predatory, often blood-sucking, insect of the heteropterous family Reduviidae 3
- noun assassin bug any of a family (Reduviidae) of large brownish hemipteran insects that kill other insects and suck the life fluids from them: some species suck blood from mammals and may transmit Chagas' disease to humans 3
- noun assassin bug any of numerous bugs of the family Reduviidae, feeding chiefly on other insects but including some forms that are bloodsucking parasites of mammals. 1
- noun assassin bug 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. 0
- noun assassin bug Any true bug from any of the subfamilies of the Reduviidae, including those in the subfamily Triatominae, which suck blood and may transmit Chagas' disease to humans. 0