Search Result for "colorado beetle":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Colorado beetle 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]