Colorado potato beetle

noun

Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

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Colorado beetlepotato bugpotato beetleLeptinotarsa decemlineata
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Meanings

nounColorado potato beetle (plural Colorado potato beetles)

plural Colorado potato beetles

  1. Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounblack-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide

Similar
Colorado beetlepotato bugpotato beetleLeptinotarsa decemlineata
Broader
leaf beetlechrysomelid
Also see
colorado beetlepotato beetlepotato bug

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Colorado potato beetle

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