Usually means: Predatory insect with cog-like crest.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. wheel bug: Merriam-Webster
  2. wheel bug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. wheel bug: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wheel bug: Vocabulary.com
  5. wheel-bug, wheel bug: Wordnik
  6. wheel bug: Wiktionary
  7. wheel bug: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. wheel bug: Dictionary.com
  9. Wheel bug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. wheel bug: Rhymezone
  11. wheel bug: FreeDictionary.org
  12. wheel bug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. wheel bug: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wheel bug: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wheel bug: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wheel bug)

▸ noun:  (US) Any assassin bug of the genus Arilus, large true bugs with wheel-shaped pronotal armor.

Similar:
Arilus cristatus, North American wheel bug, billbug, pill bug, pillbug, water bug, assassin bug, shield-backed bug, hornbug, waterbug, more...

Types:
assassin bug, ambush bug, kissing bug, stink bug, leaf-footed bug, shield bug, more...

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Similar:
Arilus cristatus, North American wheel bug, billbug, pill bug, pillbug, water bug, assassin bug, shield-backed bug, hornbug, waterbug, more...

Types:
assassin bug, ambush bug, kissing bug, stink bug, leaf-footed bug, shield bug, more...



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