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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?d′?-v?d)

Noun.

[L.

reduvia

a hangnail.]

(Zool.)

Any hemipterous insect of the genus

Redivius

, or family

Reduvidae

. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.

reduvid ‎(plural reduvids)

(zoology) Any of the hemipterous insects of the genus Reduvius or family Reduviidae.
Reduvids live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack human beings.