cockchafer

/ˌkɑkˈtʃeɪfər/
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Other forms: cockchafers

Definitions of cockchafer
  1. noun
    any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    synonyms: May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha
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    type of:
    melolonthid beetle
    any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
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