reduviid

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/
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/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/ · /ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/

Definition of reduviid

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae

noun

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

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Etymology

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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