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

1 sense of japanese beetle

Sense 1
Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica -- (small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America)
       => scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean -- (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)