Wheel bug

Definition of Wheel bug

(Zool.) a large North American hemipterous insect (Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax.

See also: Wheel

Related Words

Arilus, Arilus cristatus, assassin bug, genus Arilus, reduviid
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Wheat rust
Wheat sawfly
Wheat thief
Wheat thrips
Wheat weevil
Wheatbird
Wheatear
Wheaten
Wheatsel bird
Wheatstone's bridge
Wheatstone's rods
Wheatworm
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Wheel carriage
Wheel chains
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Wheel of fortune
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Wheel tree
Wheel urchin
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Wheel-shaped
Wheel-worn
Wheelband
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