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Meaning of shield beetle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

shield bug shield fern shield law Shield of David Shield Row shield shrimp