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wheel bug
n.
A large assassin bug (Arilus cristatus) of North America that has a notched, wheellike projection on the back of the thorax and preys on other insects.
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wheel bug
n
(Animals) a large predatory North American heteropterous insect, Arilus cristatus, having a semicircular thoracic projection: family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
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wheel′ bug`
n.
an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a rounded sawtoothed crest behind the head and is a bloodsucker of insects.
[1805–15, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() assassin bug, reduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals Arilus, genus Arilus - a genus of Reduviidae |
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