Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheel bug

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: wheel bug
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any assassin bug of the genus Arilus, large true bugs with wheel-shaped pronotal armor.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

wheel bugs (plural)

Phrases

North American wheel bug

Synonyms

arilus cristatus

Questions

What does wheel bug mean?: Any assassin bug of the genus Arilus, large true bugs with wheel-shaped pronotal armor.

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