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Colorado potato beetle

 
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–noun
a black and yellow leaf beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, originally of Colorado and neighboring states but now a common pest in all potato-growing regions of the U.S.
Also called Colorado beetle, potato beetle, potatobug.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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po⋅ta⋅to⋅bug

  [puh-tey-toh-buhg, -tey-tuh-]
–noun
Colorado potato beetle.
Also, potato bug.
Also called potato beetle.

Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism
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potato beetle  
n.  The Colorado potato beetle.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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