Cimex n 1: type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs [syn: {Cimex}, {genus Cimex}]
Cimex \Ci"mex\, n.; pl. {Cimices}. [L., a bug.] (Zool.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See {Bedbug}. [1913 Webster]