Bible Dictionaries
Mule Killer

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

A wheel bug.

(2):

Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill live stock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by being swallowed;

(3):

A mantis.

(4):

A walking-stick insect.

(5):

A whip scorpion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mule Killer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mule-killer.html. 1828.