Local English word record

colorado potato beetle

noun · 1 sense

black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide

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colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata

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