Definitions for cimex

cimex ci·mex

Spelling: [sahy-meks]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ mɛks/

Cimex is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in cimex (ceimx).

Definitions for cimex

noun

  1. a bedbug of the genus Cimex.

Origin of cimex

1575-85; New Latin, Latin cīmex bedbug

Examples for cimex

A bug (cimex subapterus, De G.) when taken emits a sharp sound, probably with its rostrum, by moving its head up and down.

The bedbug (Fig. 35) (cimex lectularis) has been accused of transmitting plague, relapsing fever and other diseases.

But the resources of one-and-twenty are not easily daunted, even by the presence of the cimex lectularius or the pulex irritans.

An allied species, the dove-cote bug (cimex columbaria), attacks domestic fowls and pigeons.

The former dedicated a fine species of cimex to Drury, figured in the first volume of these Illustrations, pl.

There are no specimens here of the cimex lectularius; and the mosquitoes are not at all annoying.

In fact, in general outline they are strikingly like that bte noire of all good housekeepers—the cimex lectularius.

Moreover, chicken houses are sometimes thoroughly infested with the true cimex lectularius.

It has the same habits and practically the same life cycle as cimex lectularius.

The physiology and activity of the bedbug (cimex lectularius L.) in a natural infestation.

Word Value for cimex
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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