Associations to the word «Reduviid»

Wiktionary

REDUVIID, noun. Any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, especially the assassin bug

Dictionary definition

REDUVIID, noun. A true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne