potato beetle

Questions about potato beetle

What does potato beetle mean?

potato beetle means "black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide".

What is another word for potato beetle?

Close synonyms include Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is potato beetle a common word?

potato beetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for potato beetle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.