BED BUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bed bug mean? 

• BED BUG (noun)
  The noun BED BUG has 1 sense:

1. bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

  Familiarity information: BED BUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BED BUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius

Hypernyms ("bed bug" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Holonyms ("bed bug" is a member of...):

Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)

 Context examples 

USDA-Agricultural Research Service scientists have identified coconut oil fatty acids that have strong repellency and long-lasting effectiveness against ticks, biting flies, mosquitoes and bed bugs.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Against bed bugs and ticks, DEET lost its effectiveness after about three days, while the coconut oil compound lasted for about two weeks.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

In recent research published in Scientific Reports, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists identified specific coconut oil fatty acids that have strong repellency and long-lasting effectiveness against multiple insects—mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies and bed bugs—that can transmit diseases to humans and animals.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

A team of scientists found that the coconut oil compounds were effective against biting flies and bed bugs for two weeks and had lasting repellency against ticks for at least one week in laboratory tests.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)