"thread-legged bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thread-legged bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=thread-legged bug}} thread-legged bug (plural thread-legged bugs)
  1. Any insect in the subfamily Emesinae of the family Reduviidae, which are predatory true bugs with long, thin, threadlike legs. Categories (lifeform): Assassin bugs

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