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May beetle

DEFINITIONS OF: May beetle

1

n any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

Synonyms:
May bug, Melolontha melolontha, cockchafer
Type of:
melolonthid beetle
any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae

n 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, June bug, May bug
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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