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reduviid, a. and n.|rɛˈdjuːvɪɪd|
Also reduvid.
[f. mod.L. Reduvi-us (J. C. Fabricius Systema Entomologiæ (1775) 729) + -id.]
A. adj. Belonging to the Reduviidæ, a family of predaceous bugs, of which Reduvius is the typical genus.
B. n. An insect of this family. So reˈduvioid a. and n.
1888J. S. Kingsley Riverside Nat. Hist. II. 267 These are strongly suggestive of certain tropical forms of Reduviids. 1891in Cent. Dict. 1900Ibis April 245 The stomachs contain diptera, reduviid bugs, and occasionally cheniform spiders and wasps. 1909Lancet 20 Nov. 1495/2, I have recently suspected a reduviid bug..as having some relationship with the causation of kala-azar in Madras. 1962Gordon & Lavoipierre Entomol. xxxix. 237 Triatomines may be distinguished from other reduviid bugs. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xii. 182 Certain reduviid bugs are frequently found in the entrances of tropical caves. |
