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Leptinotarsa

noun

Colorado potato beetles

• Syn: ↑genus Leptinotarsa

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysomelidae, ↑family Chrysomelidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Colorado potato beetle, ↑Colorado beetle, ↑potato bug, ↑potato beetle, ↑Leptinotarsa decemlineata

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\\ˌleptənōˈtärsə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lept- + -ino- (from -inus -ine) + -tarsa (from tarsus)

: a genus of beetles of the family Chrysomelidae containing the Colorado potato beetle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.