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May beetle   /meɪ bˈitəl/   Listen
May beetle

noun
1.
Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult.  Synonyms: cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha.
2.
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.





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Words linked to "May beetle" :   June beetle, green June beetle, Melolontha, genus Melolontha, melolonthid beetle, figeater, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle, scarabaean, cockchafer


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