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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 blocker
  2. bed blockers
  3. bed blocking
  4. bed blockings
  5. bed breaking
  6. bed bug
  7. bed bugs
  8. bed check
  9. bed checks
  10. bed cover
  11. bed covers

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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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