triatoma

tri·at·o·ma

noun \trī-ˈat-ə-mə\

Definition of TRIATOMA

1

capitalized : a genus of large blood-sucking bugs that are usually placed in the family Reduviidae but sometimes assigned to a separate family and that feed on mammals and sometimes transmit Chagas' disease to their hosts—see conenose

2

: any bug of the genus Triatoma