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CONENOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conenose mean?
• CONENOSE (noun)
The noun CONENOSE has 1 sense:
1. large bloodsucking bug
Familiarity information: CONENOSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large bloodsucking bug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
big bedbug; cone-nosed bug; conenose; conenose bug; kissing bug
Hypernyms ("conenose" is a kind of...):
assassin bug; reduviid (a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals)
Holonyms ("conenose" is a member of...):
genus Triatoma; Triatoma (conenoses)
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