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mule killer
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（米国南部の俗称）ムチサソリ、ベルベットアリ、カマキリ、車輪虫、歩行棒昆虫など、形態的には無関係な複数の節足動物を指す用語。これらの生物は、誤って家畜を刺したり、飲み込んだりして殺すと信じられていた。
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(US, Southern US) 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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mule killer
The local folk blamed a mule killer for the missing calves, using the name for various harmless arthropods wrongly believed to kill livestock by stinging them or being swallowed.
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The local folk blamed a mule killer for the missing calves, using the name for various harmless arthropods wrongly believed to kill livestock by stinging them or being swallowed.
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