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