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reduviid.

of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/General-American
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

noun/ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/General-American
  1. any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

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