JAPANESE BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese beetle mean? 

• JAPANESE BEETLE (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Japanese beetle; Popillia japonica

Hypernyms ("Japanese beetle" is a kind of...):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

Holonyms ("Japanese beetle" is a member of...):

genus Popillia; Popillia (a genus of Scarabaeidae)