shield beetle

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shield beetle

noun shield beetles

Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
Similar: chust bug, stink
UK Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.
obsolete Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

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@misc{shield_beetle_2026,
  title = {shield beetle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shield%20beetle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}