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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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People responded generously after reading eight Wish List stories, which included a Covington mother of three in need of reliable transportation and Cincinnati man forced to toss all his belongings after his apartment became infested with bedbugs.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
She was given foul-smelling blankets overrun with bedbugs.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Some scientists are hesitant to call bedbugs the first urban pest, however.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
The novel describes souls who, in the wheel of time, inhabit the Frankish king Clovis’ horse, or a bedbug that fed on Napoleon.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
She was given foul-smelling blankets overrun with bedbugs.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Some scientists are hesitant to call bedbugs the first urban pest, however.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
The novel describes souls who, in the wheel of time, inhabit the Frankish king Clovis’ horse, or a bedbug that fed on Napoleon.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Bedbug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedbug. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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