flea beetle

noun

Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.

Meanings

nounflea beetle (plural flea beetles)

plural flea beetles

  1. Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.

Translations

Danish jordloppe
  • jordloppebeetles of tribe Alticini
Finnish kirppa
  • kirppabeetles of tribe Alticini
German Flohkäfer
  • Flohkäferbeetles of tribe Alticini
Italian altica
  • alticabeetles of tribe Alticini
Norwegian Bokmål jordloppe
  • jordloppebeetles of tribe Alticini
Russian земляна́я бло́шка
  • земляна́я бло́шка (zemljanája blóška)beetles of tribe Alticini
Swedish jordloppa
  • jordloppabeetles of tribe Alticini
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APA

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Chicago

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