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cimicoid

cimicoid adjective: resembling or being a member of the Cimicidae; buglike.

Adjective

cimicoid (comparative more cimicoid, superlative most cimicoid)

  1. Resembling or being a member of the Cimicidae; buglike.
    • The group appears to have a blend of both reduvioid and cimicoid features and is probably an early offshoot of the ancestral heteropteran stock.1980, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, →ISBN, page 206
    • As in Scantius, all the immature stages have two-segmented tarsi, but the nymphs are quite different in other respects as they are more cimicoid in outline, paler in colour and the ostioles of the repugnatorial glands are represented by three larger blackish patches.1984 November 9, A.J. Prins, “Morphological and biological notes on some South African arthropods associated with decaying organic matter”, in Annals of the South African Museum, volume 92, page 109

Forms of cimicoid

comparativemore cimicoid
superlativemost cimicoid

Questions about cimicoid

What does cimicoid mean?
Cimicoid means resembling or being a member of the Cimicidae; buglike.
What part of speech is cimicoid?
Cimicoid is an adjective.

Words near cimicoid in the dictionary

  1. cimicic acid
  2. cimicid
  3. cimicids
  4. cimicifuga
  5. cimicifugas
  6. cimicoid
  7. cimicomorphan
  8. cimicomorphans
  9. cimicosis
  10. cimid
  11. cimids

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