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bed-bug

bed-bug is the alternative form of bedbug.

Meaning of bedbug

Noun

bedbug (plural bedbugs)

  1. A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
    • Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.
  2. Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.

Forms of bed-bug

pluralbed-bugs

Questions about bed-bug

What is bed-bug the alternative form of?
Bed-bug is the alternative form of bedbug.

Words near bed-bug in the dictionary

  1. bed-bath
  2. bed-baths
  3. bed-blocker
  4. bed-blockers
  5. bed-breaking
  6. bed-bug
  7. bed-bugs
  8. bed-chamber
  9. bed-chambers
  10. bed-check
  11. bed-checks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bed-bug (page history and authors); bedbug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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