"shield beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shield beetles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shield beetle (plural shield beetles)
  1. Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea. Categories (lifeform): Pentatomoid bugs Synonyms (Pentatomoidea): chust bug, stink
    Sense id: en-shield_beetle-en-noun-cr7DX1fj Disambiguation of Pentatomoid bugs: 40 35 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of 'Pentatomoidea': 65 20 16
  2. (British) Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida. Tags: British Categories (lifeform): Chrysomeloid beetles, Pentatomoid bugs, Tenebrionoid beetles
    Sense id: en-shield_beetle-en-noun-0TWsQPiU Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 28 42 30 Disambiguation of Pentatomoid bugs: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of Tenebrionoid beetles: 28 42 30 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 37 27
  3. (obsolete) Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Pentatomoid bugs
    Sense id: en-shield_beetle-en-noun-DcmGS6dK Disambiguation of Pentatomoid bugs: 40 35 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 37 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tortoise beetle
Derived forms: beet shield beetle (taxonomic: Cassida nebulosa), birch shield beetle (taxonomic: Elasmostethus interstinctus), birch shield bug (taxonomic: Elasmostethus interstinctus), bronze shield beetle (taxonomic: Troilus luridus), bronze shield bug (taxonomic: Troilus luridus), clouded shield beetle (taxonomic: Cassida nebulosa), green shield beetle (taxonomic: Palomena prasina), green shield bug (taxonomic: Palomena prasina), hawthorn shield beetle (taxonomic: Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), hawthorn shield bug (taxonomic: Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), jewel shield beetle, rainbow shield beetle, thistle shield beetle, thistle-feeding shield beetle (taxonomic: Cassida rubiginosa)

Inflected forms

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