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    POPILLIA JAPONICA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Japanese beetle; Popillia japonica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Popillia japonica" is a kind of...):

    scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

    Holonyms ("Popillia japonica" is a member of...):

    genus Popillia; Popillia (a genus of Scarabaeidae)

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