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wheel bug in British English
a large North American assassin bug (Arilus cristatus) distinguished by a high, saw-toothed crest on the prothorax: it sucks the blood of other insects
an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects
noun: a large predatory North American heteropterous insect, Arilus cristatus, having a semicircular thoracic projection: family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

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