The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reduvid \Red"u*vid\ (r?d"?*v?d), n. [L. reduvia a hangnail.]
(Zool.)
Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family
Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects,
and some species also attack man.
[1913 Webster]