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How to pronounce bedbug in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bed bug, chinch, cimex lectularius
Type of bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect

Examples of bedbug

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Before he dove into bedbug research, Szalanski focused on insect-borne diseases.
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The bedbug plague has forced people to spend billions of dollars on treatments.
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Because a newly hatched bedbug is the size of a poppy seed, they are hard to see.
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The federal agency accepts requests for financial resources for bedbug control.
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We suspect these are bedbug bites, but there is absolutely no sign of the bugs.
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Twenty-five percent of people do not suffer noticeable effects from a bedbug bite.
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At times, hospitals have brought in bedbug-sniffing dogs to root out problems.
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Still, disagreement persists about the best way to train and accredit bedbug dogs.
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Another product, the BB Alert Passive Monitor, is essentially a bedbug hotel.
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