Cockchafer
11cockchafer — cock|chaf|er [ˈkɔkˌtʃeıfə US ˈka:kˌtʃeıfər] n a European ↑beetle (=a kind of insect) that damages trees and plants …
12cockchafer — n. maybug, destructive beetle found in Europe; beetle belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae (British) …
13cockchafer — [ kɒkˌtʃeɪfə] noun a large brown dusk flying beetle which is a destructive plant pest. [Melolontha melolontha.] Origin C18: from cock1 (expressing size) + chafer …
14cockchafer — n. May bug, dor, dor bug, tree beetle, dor beetle, May beetle, dummador, (Melontha vulgaris) …
15cockchafer — noun (C) a European beetle (=a kind of insect) that damages trees and plants …
16cockchafer — cock•chaf•er [[t]ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪ fər[/t]] n. ent any of certain scarab beetles, esp. the European species, Melolontha melolontha, which is destructive to forest trees • Etymology: 1685–95; cock I (with reference to its size) +chafer …
17cockchafer — /ˈkɒktʃeɪfə/ (say kokchayfuh) noun any of certain scarabaeid beetles, especially the European species, Melolontha melolontha, which is very destructive to forest trees. {cock1 (def. 4) (with reference to size) + chafer} …
18cockchafer — n. a large nocturnal beetle, Melolontha melolontha, which feeds on leaves and whose larva feeds on roots of crops etc. Also called May bug. Etymology: perh. f. COCK(1) as expressing size or vigour + CHAFER …
19pasture cockchafer — noun or pasture scarab : any of several scarabaeid beetles especially of the genus Aphodius …
20chafer — Cockchafer Cock chaf er, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo[ o]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {Melolontha vulgaris}) and allied genera; called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. [1913 Webster] …
