wheel bug


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

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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British Dictionary definitions for wheel bug

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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