WHEEL BUG

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Meaning:

Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects

Synonyms:

Arilus cristatus; wheel bug

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Nouns denoting animals

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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