WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
assas′sin bug′, 
  1. Insectsany of numerous bugs of the family Reduviidae, feeding chiefly on other insects but including some forms that are bloodsucking parasites of mammals. Also called reduviid. 
  • 1890–95

'assassin bug' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
reduviid - wheel bug

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