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bedbug

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bedbug (noun)
  2. bedbug hunter (noun)
  3. big bedbug (noun)
  4. China bedbug (noun)
  5. Texas bedbug (noun)

bed·bug

noun \ˈbed-ˌbəg\

Definition of BEDBUG

: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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First Known Use of BEDBUG

1808

Rhymes with BEDBUG

bear hug, billbug, debug, earplug, firebug, fireplug, goldbug, humbug, june bug, lovebug, prayer rug, sea slug, smart drug, spark plug, stinkbug, throw rug, unplug, wall plug

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