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GENUS LEPTINOTARSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leptinotarsa mean?
• GENUS LEPTINOTARSA (noun)
The noun GENUS LEPTINOTARSA has 1 sense:
1. Colorado potato beetles
Familiarity information: GENUS LEPTINOTARSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Colorado potato beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Leptinotarsa; Leptinotarsa
Hypernyms ("genus Leptinotarsa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Leptinotarsa"):
Colorado beetle; Colorado potato beetle; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; potato beetle; potato bug (black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide)
Holonyms ("genus Leptinotarsa" is a member of...):
Chrysomelidae; family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
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