"wheel bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wheel bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheel bug (plural wheel bugs)
  1. (US) Any assassin bug of the genus Arilus, large true bugs with wheel-shaped pronotal armor. They are predators upon soft-bodied insects. Wikipedia link: wheel bug Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Assassin bugs

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