potato bug

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Jerusalem cricket, any of various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus.
  2. A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea.
  3. Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.
    — […]it appears that by a recent discovery, it has been found that that well-known insect the Potato Bug, yields an oil, which is a sovereign and certain remedy, for all manner of diseases which poor “human flesh is heir to.”
  4. Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.; A striped blister beetle or old-fashioned potato bug (Epicauta vittata).
    — We have another potato bug, the “blister beetle,” also called the “old-fashioned potato bug,” which happened to be especially bad this year in the northwest corner of the state.
  5. Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.; A Colorado beetle or Colorado potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).
    — They predicted that the “new” potato bug would soon endanger potato growers in the Eastern United States and Canada

词形变化

potato bugs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
potato bug mandolin
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