Meanings
plural Oriental beetles
- Anomala orientalis, a kind of shining leaf chafer native to Asia.
Synonyms: Asiatic beetle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAnomala orientalis, a kind of shining leaf chafer native to Asia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounintroduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Partial calque of translingual Anomala orientalis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خُنْفُسَاء شَرْقِيَّة
- خُنْفُسَاء شَرْقِيَّة (ḵunfusāʔ šarqiyya)Anomala orientalis
Cite this entry
Oriental beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oriental%20beetle
“Oriental beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oriental%20beetle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oriental beetle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oriental%20beetle.
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