| 单词 | tortoise beetle |
| 释义 | tortoise beetle[ tawr-tuhs beet-l ] / ˈtɔr təs ˌbit l / nounany of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea(argus tortoise beetle, or milkweed tortoise beetle ), which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed. Origin of tortoise beetleFirst recorded in 1705–15 Words nearby tortoise beetletortilla, Tortilla Flat, tortillon, tortious, tortoise, tortoise beetle, tortoise brooch, tortoise-core, tortoise plant, tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell cat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tortoise beetletortoise beetle nouna metallic-coloured leaf beetle of the genus Cassida, in which the elytra and terga cover the body like a shell Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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