bedbug

Noun

1. 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. - 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 81:

   Synonyms: mahogany flat Norfolk Howard B-flat

2. Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.