kissing bugs

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kissing bugs - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  conenose \cone"nose\, cone-nose \cone"-nose`\, n.
     A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family
     Reduviid[ae], often found in houses, esp. in the southern
     and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of
     the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug
     .
  
     Syn: cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5] Conepate