About The Word Cockchafer
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Cockchafer
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What's The Definition Of Cockchafer?
[n] any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cockchafer: May beetle | May bug | Melolontha melolontha Related Terms | Find terms related to Cockchafer: See Also | genus Melolontha | Melolontha | melolonthid beetle Cockchafer In Webster's Dictionary \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and
allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or
{dorbeetle}.
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