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wheel bug
Word Origin
noun
1.
an assassin bug,
Arilus cristatus,
that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects.
Origin of
wheel bug
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1805-1815
An Americanism dating back to
1805-15
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British Dictionary definitions for
wheel bug
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wheel bug
noun
1.
a large predatory North American heteropterous insect,
Arilus cristatus,
having a semicircular thoracic projection: family
Reduviidae
(assassin bugs)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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