melolonthid beetle

Definitions of melolonthid beetle
  1. noun
    any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
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    types:
    May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha, cockchafer
    any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    Macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug, rose chafer
    common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
    type of:
    scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle
    any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
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