shield beetle

noun

Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.

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chust bugstink
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Meanings

nounshield beetle (plural shield beetles)

plural shield beetles

  1. Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.

    Synonyms: chust bug, stink

  2. UKAny of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.
  3. obsoleteCossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.

Similar
chust bugstink
Also see
shield bug
Cite this entry
APA

shield beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shield%20beetle

MLA

“shield beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shield%20beetle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shield beetle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shield%20beetle.

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