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wheel bug

noun

  1. an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects.


wheel bug

noun

  1. a large predatory North American heteropterous insect, Arilus cristatus, having a semicircular thoracic projection: family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wheel bug1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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