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Definition: Cimex

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs.[Wordnet]
2. A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cimex" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1793. (references)

Etymology:Cimex \Ci"mex\, noun; plural Cimices. [Latin expression, bug.]. (references)

Common Expressions: Cimex

Expressions Definition
Cimex lectularius Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Cimex Type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Cimex

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Anti Cimex 9     Anti Cimex 9

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Cimex
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 bedbug, bug, bugle.
Consider also: tick, horn, beetle, herb, trombone, cornet, brass, buffalo, nose, lama, conduit, disease, error, germ, illness, insect, microbe.

Other

 chinch, hemipteran, hemipteron.

Expression

 genus cimex.
Consider also: bed bug, hemipterous insect.
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Computed Synonyms: cimex

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   17.0093   cimex     bedbug     bug, chinch, drawing pin, thumbtack, bed bug   
 2   8.0094   cimex     bug     fault, insect, error, failure, defect   
 3   5.0191   cimex     chinch bug     true bug, bug, bedbug, drawing pin, tack   
 4   5.0095   cimex     pin     peg, bolt, needle, spike, nail   
 5   5.0094   cimex     tack     wire nail, spike tooth, nail, pin, spike   
 6   5.0092   cimex     bedtick     tack, thumbtack, thumb tack, bedbug, bug   
 7   5.0092   cimex     true bug     bug, chinch bug, bedbug, plant louse, drawing pin   
 8   5.0091   cimex     thumbtack     drawing pin, tack, thumb tack, push pin, pin   
 9   5.0089   cimex     drawing pin     thumbtack, tack, pin, bug, bedbug   
 10   5.0088   cimex     plant louse     aphid, plant, green, adelgid, greenfly   
 11   1.0094   cimex     bugle     trumpet, horn, clarion, cornet, army bugle   
 12   1.0093   cimex     measles     German measles, rubeola, beef measles, cysticercosis, beef cysticercosis   
 13   1.0092   cimex     bed bug     bedbug, bug, bugging device, head lice, lice   
 14   1.0090   cimex     gallinipper     measles   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Cimex

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Central Danish vaeggelus (bedbug, bed bug, cimex), sengetaege (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 臭虫 (bedbug, bug, chinch, cimex, bugle), 属昆虫 (cimex). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 屬昆蟲 (cimex), 臭蟲 (bedbug, bug, chinch, cimex). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse cimicia (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi cimicia (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican cimicia (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso cimicia (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu cimicia (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish vaeggelus (bedbug, bed bug, cimex), sengetaege (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk vaeggelus (bedbug, bed bug, cimex), sengetaege (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari سرخك (cimex, gallinipper, measles), خانواده ساس وسرخك (cimex). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Clinophilus (bedbug, cimex), Clinocoris (bedbug, cimex), bedwantsen (bedbug, cimex), weegluizen (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Français punaise (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, tack). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
French punaise (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, tack). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 빈대 (bedbug, bug, chinch, cimex), 【곤충】 빈대 (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 빈대 (bedbug, bug, chinch, cimex), 【곤충】 빈대 (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (bedbug, chinch, cimex). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian cimice (bug, bedbug, cimex, Norfolk Howard). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (bedbug, chinch, cimex). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese トコジラミ (bedbug, chinch, cimex), ナンキンムシ (bedbug, bug, chinch, cimex). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 빈대 (bedbug, bug, chinch, cimex), 【곤충】 빈대 (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Martinique Creole pinez (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Martinique Creole, Martinique, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi سرخك (cimex, gallinipper, measles), خانواده ساس وسرخك (cimex). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Patois Stephanois bardanne (bedbug, bug, thumbtack, drawing pin, thumb tack). Additional references: Patois Stephanois, France, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian سرخك (cimex, gallinipper, measles), خانواده ساس وسرخك (cimex). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) سرخك (cimex, gallinipper, measles), خانواده ساس وسرخك (cimex). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland vaeggelus (bedbug, bed bug, cimex), sengetaege (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish clinofilus (cimex), clinocoris (bedbug, cimex), címex (bedbug, cimex). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, cimex. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Cimex

Language Translations for “cimex” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag cathagimathagex (cimex). Additional references: Athag, cimex. (volunteer)
Double Dutch cagimagex (cimex). Additional references: Double Dutch, cimex. (volunteer)
Leet <¦[V]£>< (cimex). Additional references: Leet, cimex. (volunteer)
Oppish copimopex (cimex). Additional references: Oppish, cimex. (volunteer)
Pig Latin imexcay (cimex). Additional references: Pig Latin, cimex. (volunteer)
Terran B clinonar (cimex). Additional references: Terran B, cimex. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi cubimubex (cimex). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, cimex. (volunteer)
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