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assassin bug (medicine)


assassin bug


An insect of the family Reduviidae (order Hemiptera) that inflicts irritating, painful bites in animals and man; related to the cone-nosed bugs (triatomines), a vector of American trypanosomiasis.

Origin: Fr., fr. It. Assassino, fr. Ar. Hashshashin, those addicted to hashish