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May beetle

noun

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

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" : green June beetle, figeater, scarabaeid beetle, cockchafer, melolonthid beetle, genus Melolontha, scarabaeid, Melolontha melolontha, scarabaean, June bug, Melolontha