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n. - Large bloodsucking bug.

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Usage examples (3)
  • To-day, both the Melanolestes and the "conenose" are abroad in the land.
  • These can be many insects or, like the bee assassin, eat one type of insect, or it may eat blood like the conenose.
  • Bed bugs belong to the order Heteroptera, or true bugs, so they are written as two words, along with other true bugs such as plant bugs, seed bugs, conenose bugs,...
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