Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assassin bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: as-sas-s-in bug
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.

noun

Any true bug from any of the subfamilies of the Reduviidae, including those in the subfamily Triatominae, which suck blood and may transmit Chagas' disease to humans.

Etymology

From assassin + bug.

Inflected Forms

assassin bugs (plural)

Phrases

grass assassin bug

Synonyms

reduviid

Questions

What does assassin bug mean?: Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.
Where does assassin bug come from?: From assassin + bug.

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