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cucumber beetle

cucumber beetle noun: a chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (both in subtribe Diabroticina in family Chrysomelidae), often found on the leaves and flowers of cucurbits.

cucumber beetle: a chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (both in subtribe Diabroticina...
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Noun

cucumber beetle (plural cucumber beetles)

  1. A chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (both in subtribe Diabroticina in family Chrysomelidae), often found on the leaves and flowers of cucurbits.

Forms of cucumber beetle

pluralcucumber beetles

Questions about cucumber beetle

What does cucumber beetle mean?
Cucumber beetle means a chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (both in subtribe Diabroticina in family Chrysomelidae), often found on the leaves and flowers of cucurbits.
What part of speech is cucumber beetle?
Cucumber beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of cucumber beetle?
The plural of cucumber beetle is cucumber beetles.

Words near cucumber beetle in the dictionary

  1. cucumariid
  2. cucumariids
  3. cucumarioside
  4. cucumariosides
  5. cucumber
  6. cucumber beetle
  7. cucumber beetles
  8. cucumber fish
  9. cucumber fishes
  10. cucumber herring
  11. cucumber mosaic virus

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