cimex Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs
    genus Cimex.

WordNet

Ci"mex noun
Etymology
L., a bug.
Wordforms
plural Cimices
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Webster 1913