Shield beetle

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAny of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.

2.NounAny of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.

3.NounCossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

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