Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Colorado beetle

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Colorado beetle

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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.