Reduvid

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

  Reduvid \Red"u*vid\ (r?d"?*v?d), n. [L. reduvia a hangnail.]
     (Zool.)
     Any hemipterous insect of the genus {Redivius}, or family
     {Reduvidae}. They live by sucking the blood of other insects,
     and some species also attack man.
     [1913 Webster]