Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of several species of blister-beetles which eat potato-leaves. Epicauta vittata is an example.
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Examples
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'ornits, snails an' green caterpillars -- ah! an 'I shouldn't wonder if potato-fly got amongst 'em, too!
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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'ornits, snails an' green caterpillars -- ah! an 'I shouldn't wonder if potato-fly got amongst 'em, too!
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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'ornits, snails an' green caterpillars -- ah! an 'I shouldn't wonder if potato-fly got amongst 'em, too!
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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