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cimices

cimices is the plural of cimex.

Meaning of cimex

Noun

cimex (plural cimices)

  1. 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

Questions about cimices

What is cimices the plural of?
Cimices is the plural of cimex.

Words near cimices in the dictionary

  1. cimetidines
  2. cimetropium
  3. cimex
  4. Cimicata
  5. Cimicatas
  6. cimices
  7. cimicic acid
  8. cimicid
  9. cimicids
  10. cimicifuga
  11. cimicifugas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cimices (page history and authors); cimex (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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