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colour, and, in common with the whole tribe to which it belongs, gives off an offensive odour when touched; unlike the others, however, it is wingless. The bug is provided with a See also:

PROBOSCIS

proboscis, which when at See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest lies along the inferior See also:

side of the See also:

THORAX (Gr. BWpaE, breastplate, also the part of the body covered by it)

thorax, and through which it sucks the See also:

BLOOD

blood of See also:

man, the See also:

SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

food of this See also:

SPECIES

species. It is nocturnal in its habits, remaining concealed by See also:

day in crevices of bed See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, among the hangings, or behind the See also:

wall See also:

paper, and shows considerable activity in its nightly raids in See also:

SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of food. The See also:

FEMALE

female deposits her eggs at the beginning of summer in crevices of See also:

wood and other retired situations, and in three See also:

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks the See also:

young emerge as small, See also:

white, and almost transparent larvae. These See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change their skin very frequently during growth, and attain full development in about eleven weeks. Two centuries ago the bed bug was a rare insect in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and probably owes its name, which is derived from a See also:

CELTIC

Celtic word signifying " See also:

GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

ghost " or " goblin," to the terror which its attacks at first inspired. An allied species, the See also:

dove-cote bug (Cimex columbaria), attacks domestic fowls and pigeons.

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