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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The structure was also the home for bedbugs, ticks and rats (not pets).
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Since the early 2000s, bedbugs have reemerged and become a global scourge.
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Inside the Soviet Crimean seaside resort’s primitive, bedbug-ridden palaces, and between Stalin’s many long vodka-fueled toasts, Roosevelt and Churchill made concessions to Stalin about Poland’s provisional government and borders.
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There’s a proverb: A bedbug in the wall doesn’t go to a ball.
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Potter said studies done years ago show that about 1 in 3 people don't react to bedbug bites.
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But in 2010, he was banished even from there, neighbors say; bedbugs had turned up in the building, and the management blamed Mr. Singh.
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Walker said the agency has to make difficult choices each day, like whether to spend thousands of dollars to treat bedbugs in the home of parents who are addicted to drugs.
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The April 2, 2018 verdict is the largest for a single family regarding bedbugs in United States history.
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First Known Use of bedbug
1708
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Definition of bedbug for Students
: a small wingless insect that sucks blood and is sometimes found in houses and especially in beds
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of bedbug
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood — called also
chinch
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