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leaf-beetle

leaf-beetle is the alternative spelling of leaf beetle.

Meaning of leaf beetle

Noun

leaf beetle (plural leaf beetles)

  1. Any of very many brightly-coloured beetles, of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on plant leaves.
    Synonyms:
    chrysomelid

Forms of leaf-beetle

pluralleaf-beetles

Questions about leaf-beetle

What is leaf-beetle the alternative spelling of?
Leaf-beetle is the alternative spelling of leaf beetle.

Words near leaf-beetle in the dictionary

  1. leaf vegetables
  2. leaf warbler
  3. leaf warblers
  4. leaf wasp
  5. leaf wasps
  6. leaf-beetle
  7. leaf-beetles
  8. leaf-blower
  9. leaf-blowers
  10. leaf-curling plum aphid
  11. leaf-curling plum aphids

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