Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colorado beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: col-orado bee-tle
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, formerly Doryphora decemlineata, with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes.

Inflected Forms

Colorado beetles (plural)

Synonyms

potato beetle ten-striped spearman colorado potato beetle potato bug leptinotarsa decemlineata

Questions

What does colorado beetle mean?: A beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, formerly Doryphora decemlineata, with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes.

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