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n. Any of the large European beetles from the genus ''Melolontha'' that are destructive to vegetation.
WordNet
n. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha]
Wikipedia
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 in the middle of the 20th century through extensive use of pesticides and has even been locally exterminated in many regions. However, since an increase in regulation of pest control beginning in the 1980s, its numbers have started to grow again.
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.