cockchafer

English - Turkish

Definition of cockchafer in English Turkish dictionary: ağustos böceği; mayısböceği; mayisböceği; {i} mayıs böceği; (isim) mayıs böceği; mayısböcek; Melolontha vulgaris
cockchafer grub: mayısböceği kurtçuğu
cockchafer grub: mayisböceği kurtçuğu

English - English

Definition of cockchafer in English English dictionary: Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation; vulgaris and allied genera; called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle; A beetle of the genus Melolontha esp; {i} maybug, destructive beetle found in Europe; beetle belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae (British); any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult; a European beetle (=a kind of insect) that damages trees and plants. Large European beetle (Melolontha melolontha) that damages foliage, flowers, and fruit as an adult and plant roots as a larva. In Britain, the name refers more broadly to any of the beetles in this subfamily (Melolonthinae), which are known in North America as June beetles. See also chafer, scarab beetle
cockchafers: plural of cockchafer

cockchafer

Hyphenation

cock·chaf·er

[ 'käk-"chA-f&r ] (noun.) 1712. 1cock + chafer.

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