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tortoise beetle
[ tawr-tuhs beet-l ]
noun
- any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea argus tortoise beetle, or milkweed tortoise beetle, which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
tortoise beetle
noun
- a metallic-coloured leaf beetle of the genus Cassida, in which the elytra and terga cover the body like a shell
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tortoise beetle1
First recorded in 1705–15
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Example Sentences
Cassida viridis, a tortoise beetle, Rsel tells us, covers her group of eggs with a partially transparent membrane.
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