cimex
cimex noun: any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
Noun
cimex (plural cimices)
- Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
- Some of these cimices are extremely pretty, but if handled emit their disagreeable perfume. I have met with about a dozen species of these bugs.1855, Henry G Dalton, The history of British Guiana
- There was a poor fellow during my remainder there that, for a new trick he had invented of killing cimices and scorpions, had his mountebank banner hung up...1967, Merritt E Lawlis, Elizabethan prose fiction
cimex meaning in Tamil
cimex in Tamil
- மூட்டைப்பூச்சி
Forms of cimex
| plural | cimices |
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Origin of cimex
From the genus name Cimex, from Latin cīmex (“bug”). Doublet of chinch.
Questions about cimex
- What does cimex mean?
- Cimex means any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
- What is cimex in Tamil?
- Cimex in Tamil is மூட்டைப்பூச்சி. See Cimex meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cimex?
- Cimex is a noun.
- What is the plural of cimex?
- The plural of cimex is cimices.
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