Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various blood-sucking assassin bugs of the subfamily Triatominae, chiefly of the Americas, many of which transmit Chagas' disease.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hemipterous insect of the genus Conorhinus (which see).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large bloodsucking bug

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Examples

  • To-day, both the Melanolestes and the "conenose" are abroad in the land.

    The Poison Bugaboo 1910

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

  • Ustlach - watch out for conenose bugs, also called kissing bugs.

    biting insects 2009

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