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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology A genus of beetles, of the family Chrysomelidæ, closely allied to Chrysomela, but differing from it in the form of the last joint of the maxillary palpi, which is short, truncate, and not dilated.
  • noun A genus of Lepidoptera.
  • noun A genus of Polygastrica. Also Doryfera.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See potato beetle.

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