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Colorad'o pota'to bee"tle
a black and yellow leaf beetle,
Leptinotarsa decemlineata, originally of Colorado and neighboring states but now a common pest in all potato-growing regions of the U.S. Also called
Col'orad'o bee'tle, potato beetle, potatobug. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.