English Explanatory Dictionary

shield beetle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
  2. Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.
  3. Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

Word forms

shield beetle shield beetles

Synonyms

chust bug stink

Related words

tortoise beetle

Derived words

beet shield beetle birch shield beetle birch shield bug bronze shield beetle bronze shield bug clouded shield beetle green shield beetle green shield bug hawthorn shield beetle hawthorn shield bug jewel shield beetle rainbow shield beetle thistle shield beetle thistle-feeding shield beetle
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