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Squamish (iou) and assassin bug (medicine)


Squamish (iou)



Squamish noun & adjective. M19.
[Alt. of Squamish name for themselves.]
A. noun. Pl. same. A member of a Salish people of SW British Columbia; the language of this people. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Squamish or their language. E20.

assassin bug (medicine)


assassin bug


An insect of the family Reduviidae (order Hemiptera) that inflicts irritating, painful bites in animals and man; related to the cone-nosed bugs (triatomines), a vector of American trypanosomiasis.

Origin: Fr., fr. It. Assassino, fr. Ar. Hashshashin, those addicted to hashish