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    ARILUS CRISTATUS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insectsplay

    Synonyms:

    Arilus cristatus; wheel bug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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