Colorado beetle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson.
From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various
The Colorado beetle is hourly expected by Cunard steamer.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
She, in return, has given us the Phylloxera, a few visitations of yellow fever, the Blatta gigantea, and, climate allowing, may perhaps throw in the Colorado beetle as a make-weight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
As she explained, Rachel took the Colorado beetle between her fat thumb and forefinger and soon crushed it.
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
He then set to work with Esther's pencils, and drew a portrait of Catherine under the figure of a large Colorado beetle, with wings extended.
From Esther by Adams, Henry
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