Word
Colorado beetle
How many syllables?
5 Syllables
How it's divided?
col-o-ra-do bee-tle
Definition
- - 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.
- noun - 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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