Kissing bug \Kiss"ing bug`\ (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causing painful sores, as the cone-nose ({Conorhinus sanguisuga}). [U. S.]
kissing bug n : large bloodsucking bug [syn: {conenose}, {cone-nosed bug}, {conenose bug}, {big bedbug}]