noun
- Plural of cimex; bedbugs or other parasitic insects of the genus Cimex.
Usage: technical/scientific; Latin plural form, also used in English medical and entomological contexts
Examples
- The entomologist identified cimices in the hotel mattress samples.
- Cimices are small, flat insects that feed on blood.
- The presence of cimices in the building required professional pest control treatment.
- Cimices have become increasingly common in urban areas over the past decade.