COCKCHAFER

cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha

(noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cockchafer (plural cockchafers)

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

Synonyms

• May bug

Hyponyms

• common cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha

• forest cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani

• large cockchafer, Melolontha pectoralis

Source: Wiktionary

Cock"chaf`er, n. Etym: [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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