reduvid
English
Etymology
Latin reduvia (“a hangnail”)
Noun
reduvid (plural reduvids)
- (zoology) Any of the hemipterous insects of the genus Reduvius or family Reduviidae.
- Reduvids live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack human beings.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reduvid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)