thread-legged bug

thread-legged bug
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/thred"leg'id, -legd'/
any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial. Also called spider bug.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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