Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colorado_beetle

1 sense of colorado beetle

Sense 1
Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata -- (black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide)
       => leaf beetle, chrysomelid -- (brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems)

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