noun
introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
• Syn: ↑Mexican bean beetle, ↑Epilachna varivestis
• Hypernyms: ↑ladybug, ↑ladybeetle, ↑lady beetle, ↑ladybird, ↑ladybird beetle
• Member Holonyms: ↑Epilachna, ↑genus Epilachna
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bean beetle,
= Mexican bean beetle. (Cf. ↑Mexican bean beetle)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.