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Noun: wheel bug
  1. Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
    "The wheel bug's distinctive cog-like crest makes it easy to identify";
    - Arilus cristatus

Derived forms: wheel bugs

Type of: assassin bug, reduviid

Part of: Arilus, genus Arilus

Encyclopedia: Wheel bug