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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide [syn: Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata]
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a yellow and black striped beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the larva of which is highly destructive to the potato plant. Etymology: Colorado in the US
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Colorado beetle Col`o*ra"do bee"tle (Zo["o]l.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
