Cimex

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cimex \Ci"mex\, n.; pl. {Cimices}. [L., a bug.] (Zool.)
     A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the
     best known example. See {Bedbug}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Cimex
       n : type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs [syn: {genus Cimex}]