- a flat, wingless, bloodsucking hemipterous insect, Cimex lectularius, that infests houses and especially beds.
- any of several other bloodsucking bugs of the family Cimicidae.
- any of several bloodsucking insects of the heteropterous genus Cimex, esp C. lectularius of temperate regions, having an oval flattened wingless body and infesting dirty houses: family Cimicidae
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