reduviid
[ri-
doo
-vee-id, -
dyoo
-]
/rɪˈdu vi ɪd, -ˈdyu-/
noun
1.
assassin bug
.
Origin
1885-90;
<
Neo-Latin
Reduviidae,
family name, equivalent to
Reduvi
(
a
) type genus (
Latin:
hangnail) +
-idae
-id
2
British Dictionary definitions for
reduviid
reduviid
/
rɪˈdjuːvɪɪd
/
noun
1.
any hemipterous bug of the family
Reduviidae
, which includes the assassin bugs and the wheel bug
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or belonging to the family
Reduviidae
Word Origin
C19: from New Latin
Reduviidae
, from Latin
reduvia
a hangnail
reduviid
in Medicine
reduviid
re·du·vi·id (rĭ-dōō'vē-ĭd, -dyōō'-)
n.
A member of the family Reduviidae; an assassin bug.