oriental beetle

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a scarab beetle, Anomala orientalis, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which feed on the roots of sugarcane and other grasses.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Also called Asiatic beetle.

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2007, FWS reported that the beetle outbreak had affected only 16 percent of the whitebark pines.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Beetle was launched with a series of television commercials unlike any before them.
Nationalism on Four Wheels|Clive Irving|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A choice Johnson says he made channeling a Harpo Marx type character, and not a “mysterious Oriental.”
‘Star Wars’ Director Rian Johnson May Bring Balance to the Force|Rich Goldstein|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Who could turn down a seaside drive in a bright yellow Beetle?
World-Famous Architects Design Dollhouses For New Charity Project|Chloë Ashby|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Monotheism is strictly inconsistent with the supremacy of “merits” which is the very soul of Oriental religion.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
He was professor of oriental languages; his dissertations on various subjects of criticism and antiquity were highly esteemed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Whether this aptitude was combined with the sinuous cunning that is essentially Oriental Nigel did not know.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Her feet crush creeping things: there is a busy ant or blazoned beetle, with its back broken, writhing in the dust, unseen.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford