Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reduvid \Red"u*vid\ (r?d"?*v?d), n. [L. reduvia a hangnail.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any hemipterous insect of the genus {Redivius}, or family
   {Reduvid[ae]}. They live by sucking the blood of other
   insects, and some species also attack man.