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cereal leaf beetle

noun

Definition of CEREAL LEAF BEETLE

:  a small reddish-brown black-headed Old World chrysomelid beetle (Oulema melanopus) that feeds on cereal grasses and is a serious pest of United States grain crops
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First Known Use of CEREAL LEAF BEETLE

1962

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