reduviid

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UK/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/US/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae

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assassin bugkissing bug
Origintranslingual Reduviidae ← Latin reduvia →
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Meanings

adjectivereduviid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyof, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
nounreduviid (plural reduviids)

plural reduviids

  1. biologyany member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease

    Synonyms: assassin bug, kissing bug

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease

Similar
assassin bugkissing bug

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
assassin bug
Broader
heteropterous insect
Also see
assassin bug

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinreduvia“a remainder, remnant, fragment”
  2. translingualReduviidae
  3. Englishreduviid

Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

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Translations

Finnish petolude
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Cite this entry
APA

reduviid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduviid

MLA

“reduviid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduviid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reduviid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduviid.

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