goldsmith beetle
- ☆ a large, bright-yellow American scarab beetle (Cotalpa lanigera) that feeds on tree foliage
- a shiny, golden-yellow European scarab beetle (Cetonia aurata)
See goldsmith beetle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun Either of two scarabaeid beetles (Cotalpa lanigera or Cetonia aurata) having metallic greenish-yellow coloring.