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Meaning of COCKCHAFER

Pronunciation:  'kâk`cheyfur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
 
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 Synonyms: May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha
 
 See Also: genus Melolontha, Melolontha, melolonthid beetle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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