Cockchafer

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  • noun. Any of several large European scarab beetles of the genus Melolontha, especially M. melolontha, having larvae that damage plant roots and adults that feed on leaves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The popular name of a very common lamellicorn beetle of Europe, Melolontha vulgaris. Also called May-beetle, May-bug, dor-beetle, and dor-bug.
  • noun. Any one of various similar or related beetles.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    • Word Usage
    "The common beetle called cockchafer is here known only as the _oak-web_, and a smaller beetle as _fern-web_."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    melolonthid beetle  
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    chafer  dorbeetle  may bug  
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