reduviid

[ ri-doo-vee-id, -dyoo- ]
/ rɪˈdu vi ɪd, -ˈdyu- /

noun

assassin bug.

Origin of reduviid

1885–90; < New Latin Reduviidae, family name, equivalent to Reduvi(a) type genus (Latin: hangnail) + -idae -id2

Words nearby reduviid

redundant, redupl., reduplicate, reduplication, reduplicative, reduviid, reduviidae, redux, reduzate, redware, redwing

Example sentences from the Web for reduviid

  • We have seen in our consideration of poisonous insects, that various species of Reduviid bugs readily attack man.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert Riley

  • The disease is transmitted by the bites of several species of assassin-bugs, or Reduviid, notably by Conorhinus megistus.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert Riley

British Dictionary definitions for reduviid

reduviid
/ (rɪˈdjuːvɪɪd) /

noun

any hemipterous bug of the family Reduviidae, which includes the assassin bugs and the wheel bug

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the family Reduviidae

Word Origin for reduviid

C19: from New Latin Reduviidae, from Latin reduvia a hangnail

Medical definitions for reduviid

reduviid
[ rĭ-dōō′vē-ĭd ]

n.

A member of the family Reduviidae; an assassin bug.