noun
large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
• Syn: ↑Arilus cristatus
• Hypernyms: ↑assassin bug, ↑reduviid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arilus, ↑genus Arilus
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noun : a large No. American reduviid bug (Arilus cristatus) with a high serrated crest on its prothorax that sucks the blood of other insects
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an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects.
[1805-15, Amer.]
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wheel bug,
a large hemipterous bug of the southern United States, that has a semicircular crest on the thorax and preys on other insects.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.