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kissing bugs

conenose \cone"nose\, cone-nose \cone"-nose`\, n. A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family Reduviid[ae], often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

Syn: cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug.

Usage examples of "kissing bugs".

Normally before loading his gear he would have first checked everything for those dangerous lovers of dark places who inhabited the rain forest: scorpions, spiders, kissing bugs, and their ilk.