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: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (especially Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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They are sometimes mistakenly associated with locusts, like grasshoppers, but cicadas are actually an entirely different sort of insect, part of the same family as stink bugs and bedbugs.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
These properties adhere to strict state and local regulations covering licensing, safety inspections, background checks, bedbug prevention and even details like dishwasher notices and soap packaging.
—Shaun McCorry, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration said Khalil was moved to Louisiana because detention centers in the Northeast are overcrowded and there was a bedbug infestation at the New Jersey detention center where he was held after he was arrested March 8 outside his apartment.
—Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration previously said there was a bedbug infestation at the detention facility in New Jersey, near Khalil's arrest, leading them to have to ship him to Louisiana.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
These properties adhere to strict state and local regulations covering licensing, safety inspections, background checks, bedbug prevention and even details like dishwasher notices and soap packaging.
—Shaun McCorry, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration said Khalil was moved to Louisiana because detention centers in the Northeast are overcrowded and there was a bedbug infestation at the New Jersey detention center where he was held after he was arrested March 8 outside his apartment.
—Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration previously said there was a bedbug infestation at the detention facility in New Jersey, near Khalil's arrest, leading them to have to ship him to Louisiana.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Bedbug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedbug. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg 
: a wingless bloodsucking bug sometimes infesting houses and especially beds
Medical Definition
bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
called also chinch
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