wheel bug

Noun
Synonyms: Arilus cristatus

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Noun (1)

  1. large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insectsSynonyms: Arilus cristatusType of assassin bug, reduviidMember of Arilus, genus Arilus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Wheel bug

Zoology, a large North American hemipterous insect (Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax.

From the entry Wheel.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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