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ARILUS CRISTATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Arilus cristatus mean?
• ARILUS CRISTATUS (noun)
The noun ARILUS CRISTATUS has 1 sense:
1. large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
Familiarity information: ARILUS CRISTATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arilus cristatus; wheel bug
Hypernyms ("Arilus cristatus" 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 ("Arilus cristatus" is a member of...):
Arilus; genus Arilus (a genus of Reduviidae)
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