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WHEEL BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wheel bug mean?
• WHEEL BUG (noun)
The noun WHEEL BUG has 1 sense:
1. large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
Familiarity information: WHEEL BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arilus cristatus; wheel bug
Hypernyms ("wheel bug" is a kind of...):
assassin bug; reduviid (a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals)
Holonyms ("wheel bug" is a member of...):
Arilus; genus Arilus (a genus of Reduviidae)
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