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Large beetle destructive of vegetation - frock cache
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cockchafer
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Wikipedia
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The cockchafer , colloquially called May bug or doodlebug , is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha , in the family Scarabaeidae . Once abundant throughout Europe and a major pest in the periodical years of "mass flight", it had been nearly eradicated ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris ) and allied genera; -- called also May bug , chafer , or dorbeetle .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the large European beetles from the genus ''Melolontha'' that are destructive to vegetation.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Lucy herself said she remembered nothing of the dreadful cockchafer affair.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: May bug , May beetle , Melolontha melolontha ]
Usage examples of cockchafer.
The dry remnants of belated cockchafers were always sticking to the soles of our shoes.
In the course of the ride cockchafers crackled against the windowpanes of the front platform.
An early cockchafer buzzed in the Japanese paper with which they had filled the grate, and one of the horses in the stable stamped restlessly.
I lie in bed I assume the shape of a big beetle, a stag beetle or a cockchafer, I think.
Behind Kleinhammerpark -- clusters of cockchafers buzzed between chestnut trees -- I slackened my pace until with Jenny's gym bag I was keeping step beside Tulla.
As I lie in bed I assume the shape of a big beetle, a stag beetle or a cockchafer, I think.