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GENUS CIMEX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cimex mean?
• GENUS CIMEX (noun)
The noun GENUS CIMEX has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs
Familiarity information: GENUS CIMEX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cimex; genus Cimex
Hypernyms ("genus Cimex" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cimex"):
bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius (bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood)
Holonyms ("genus Cimex" is a member of...):
Cimicidae; family Cimicidae (wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects)
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