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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large assassin bug (Arilus cristatus) of North America that has a notched, wheellike projection on the back of the thorax and preys on other insects.
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- noun large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
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