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Meaning of MAY BEETLE

Pronunciation:  mey'beetl

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
  2. [n]  any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
 
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 Synonyms: cockchafer, June beetle, June bug, May bug, Melolontha melolontha
 
 See Also: figeater, genus Melolontha, green June beetle, Melolontha, melolonthid beetle, scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle

 

 

 

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