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kissing bugs

kissing bugs is the plural of kissing bug.

Meaning of kissing bug

Noun

kissing bug (plural kissing bugs)

  1. Any of a number of haematophagous bugs belonging to the subfamily Triatominae that feed on the blood of vertebrates, including humans, and which are known for spreading Chagas' disease.

Questions about kissing bugs

What is kissing bugs the plural of?
Kissing bugs is the plural of kissing bug.

Words near kissing bugs in the dictionary

  1. kissing balls
  2. kissing booth
  3. kissing booths
  4. kissing bridge
  5. kissing bug
  6. kissing bugs
  7. kissing comfit
  8. kissing comfits
  9. kissing cousin
  10. kissing cousins
  11. kissing dance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kissing bugs (page history and authors); kissing bug (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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