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Webster 1913 Edition


Colorado beetle

Colˊo-ra′do bee′tle

.
(Zool.)
A yellowish beetle (
Doryphora decemlineata
), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; – called also
potato beetle
and
potato bug
. See
Potato beetle
.