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yellow-crescent blister beetle

yellow-crescent blister beetle noun: pyrota insulata, a species of black and orange blister beetle found in the United States and Mexico.

yellow-crescent blister beetle: pyrota insulata, a species of black and orange blister beetle found in the United States and Mexico
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Noun

yellow-crescent blister beetle (plural yellow-crescent blister beetles)

  1. Pyrota insulata, a species of black and orange blister beetle found in the United States and Mexico.

Forms of yellow-crescent blister beetle

pluralyellow-crescent blister beetles

Origin of yellow-crescent blister beetle

From yellow + crescent + blister beetle (“beetle in the family Meloidae”), after their elytral patterns.

Questions about yellow-crescent blister beetle

What does yellow-crescent blister beetle mean?
Yellow-crescent blister beetle means pyrota insulata, a species of black and orange blister beetle found in the United States and Mexico.
What part of speech is yellow-crescent blister beetle?
Yellow-crescent blister beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of yellow-crescent blister beetle?
The plural of yellow-crescent blister beetle is yellow-crescent blister beetles.

Words near yellow-crescent blister beetle in the dictionary

  1. yellow-browed warblers
  2. yellow-card
  3. yellow-carding
  4. yellow-cheeked tit
  5. yellow-cheeked tits
  6. yellow-crescent blister beetle
  7. yellow-crescent blister beetles
  8. yellow-crowned
  9. yellow-crowned bishop
  10. yellow-crowned bishops
  11. yellow-dog

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