cock chafer

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cockchafer
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation
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vulgaris and allied genera; called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle
cockchafer
A beetle of the genus Melolontha esp
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{i} maybug, destructive beetle found in Europe; beetle belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae (British)
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any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
cockchafer
a European beetle (=a kind of insect) that damages trees and plants. Large European beetle (Melolontha melolontha) that damages foliage, flowers, and fruit as an adult and plant roots as a larva. In Britain, the name refers more broadly to any of the beetles in this subfamily (Melolonthinae), which are known in North America as June beetles. See also chafer, scarab beetle
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