"mule killer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mule killers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mule killer (plural mule killers)
  1. (US, Southern US) Any of various unrelated arthropods, including whip scorpions, velvet ants, mantises, wheel bugs, and walking stick insects, that have been erroneously believed to kill livestock by stinging them or being swallowed. Tags: Southern-US, US Categories (lifeform): Arachnids, Assassin bugs, Hymenopterans, Insects, Stick insects

Inflected forms

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