June bug

/dʒun bəg/
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Other forms: June bugs

Definitions of June bug
  1. noun
    any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
    synonyms: June beetle, May beetle, May bug
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    types:
    figeater, green June beetle
    large greenish June beetle of southern United States
    type of:
    scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle
    any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
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