mule killer

noun

Any of various unrelated arthropods, including whip scorpions, velvet ants, mantises, wheel bugs, and walking stick insects, that have been erroneously believed to kill livestock by stinging them or being swallowed.

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Meanings

nounmule killer (plural mule killers)

plural mule killers

  1. Southern USUSAny of various unrelated arthropods, including whip scorpions, velvet ants, mantises, wheel bugs, and walking stick insects, that have been erroneously believed to kill livestock by stinging them or being swallowed.
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