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