HyperDic: potato_bug

English > 1 sense of the expression potato bug:
NOUNanimalpotato bug, Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineatablack-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages / stages on potato leaves
English > potato bug: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningblack-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages / stages on potato leaves; originally / originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide / worldwide.
SynonymsColorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Member ofLeptinotarsa, genus LeptinotarsaColorado potato beetles
Broaderleaf beetle, chrysomelidbrightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves
Catalanleptinotarsa decemlineata

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