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1. (n.) cockchafer
any of certain scarab beetles, esp. the European species, Melolontha melolontha, which is destructive to forest trees.
Etymology: (1685–95; cock1 (with reference to its size) +chafer)
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1. (noun) cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha
any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
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1. (noun) cockchafer
a beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle
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