Definify.com
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
.