noun
Meaning 1
cockchafer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
May bug
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noun
Meaning 2
any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: June beetle, June bug, May beetle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean
Narrower terms: green June beetle, figeater
noun
Meaning 3
any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cockchafer, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: melolonthid beetle
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