tortoise beetle

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tortoise beetle

Any of several small beetles of the subfamily Cassidinae, shaped somewhat like a tortoise and having soft, fleshy larvae that eat the leaves of trees.

tortoise beetle

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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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