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Japanese beetle

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Japanese beetle
n.
A metallic-green and brown beetle (Popillia japonica) native to eastern Asia, the larvae and adults of which feed on and damage various crop plants in North America.
Japanese beetle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a scarabaeid beetle, Popillia japonica, that eats the leaves and fruits of various plants: accidentally introduced into the US from Japan
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Noun1.Japanese beetleJapanese beetle - small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America
Popillia japonica
scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
genus Popillia, Popillia - a genus of Scarabaeidae


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