资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Colorado beetle
n : 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},
{potato bug}, {potato beetle}, {Leptinotarsa decemlineata}]