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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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