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assassin bug
noun
- any of numerous bugs of the family Reduviidae, feeding chiefly on other insects but including some forms that are bloodsucking parasites of mammals.
assassin bug
noun
- any long-legged predatory, often blood-sucking, insect of the heteropterous family Reduviidae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assassin bug1
First recorded in 1890–95
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This pattern is reminiscent of ones found in several living assassin bugs, although what advantage the stripes might have provided isn’t clear, Swanson said.
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Perhaps this is heightened by the contrast between the pretty, trim form of the ladybird and the ugliness of the assassin bug.
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