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chinchnounThe bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
bed bugnounAlternative form of bedbug. [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.]
cimex lectulariusnounCimex lectularius, or the common bed bug, is a species of Cimicidae.
bugsnoun(slang) Crazy; unstable.
pinsnoun(US) Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).
infestationsnounThe presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
fleasnoun"Fleas" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the American legal drama television series The Good Wife.
exterminatorsnounSpecifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
cockroachesnouna crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the second in the Harry Hole series.
licenoun(proscribed) louse
mosquitoesnouna satiric novel by the American author William Faulkner.
pestsnounAny destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
roachesnoun(US) A cockroach.
mitesnounMITES, or MIT Introduction to Engineering and Science, is a highly selective six-week summer program for rising high school seniors held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
germsnounA pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
scabiesnoun(pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
itch mitenounSarcoptes scabiei, a parasitic arthropod that burrows into the skin and causes scabies.
waspsnounAny of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
superbugnoun(informal) A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR).
chiggersnounA harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.

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