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Kissing Bug

Definition: Kissing Bug

Kissing Bug

Noun

1. Large bloodsucking bug.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Kissing Bug

Synonyms: big bedbug (n), conenose (n), conenose bug (n), cone-nosed bug (n). (additional references)

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Image Slideshow: Kissing Bug

Computer Images:
Kissing Bug

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kissing Bug

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

kissing bug

87
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Kissing Bug

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-g-g-i-i-k-n-s-s-u"

-3 letters: biggins, busings, busking, buskins, bussing, guising, issuing, kissing, skiings.

-4 letters: biggin, biking, busing, buskin, gibing, siskin, skiing.

-5 letters: bisks, bungs, bunks, busks, ginks, gunks, kings, nisus, signs, sings, sinks, sinus, skins, snibs, snubs, snugs, suing, using.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kissing Bug


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 69 73 73 69 6E 67      42 75 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000010 01110101 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#105 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#66 &#117 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0069 0073 0073 0069 006E 0067      0042 0075 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

457585857580732368773

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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