shield beetle

== English == === Noun === shield beetle (plural shield beetles) Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea. (UK) Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida. (obsolete) Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles. ==== Synonyms ==== (Pentatomoidea): chust bug, stink ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === tortoise beetle === References === “shield beetle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.