OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19681

bedbug

/ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chinche • chinche de cama
A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.
In Morocco, love philtres are composed of yolk of egg and bedbugs.