English
white-eyed assassin bugs (Platymeris biguttatus: subfamily Reduviinae)
Etymology
From assassin + bug.
Noun
assassin bug (plural assassin bugs)
- Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.
- Any true bug from any of the subfamilies of the Reduviidae, including those in the subfamily Triatominae, which suck blood and may transmit Chagas' disease to humans.
Derived terms
Translations
bug
- Catalan: xinxa assassina f
- Finnish: petolude
- German: Raubwanze f
- Polish: robak z rodziny zajadkowatych m
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: хищне́ц m (xiščnéc)
- Spanish: chinche hocicona f (Mexico), chinche picuda f (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala), chinchorro m (Ecuador), chipo m (Venezuela), chirimacha f (Peru), pito m (Colombia), vinchuca f (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)
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assassin bug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Reduviidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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