Look up: cockchafer

1. cockchafer
   [n] - any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
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2. Cockchafer
   Cock'chaf`er noun [ See Chafer the beetle.] (Zoology) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris ) and allied genera; -- called also May bug , chafer , or dorbeetle .
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3. cockchafer
   May bug 1 May beetle 1 Melolontha melolontha noun any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
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4. Cockchafer
   • (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
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5. cockchafer
   a large European beetle that is destructive to foliage, flowers, and fruit as an adult and to plant roots as a larva. In the British Isles, the name ... [1 related articles]
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6. Cockchafer
   HMS Cockchafer was a British River Gunboat of 625 tons displacement designed by the Yarrow company during the Great War and launched in 1915. HMS Cockchafer was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of between 54 and 65 and was armed with two 6 inch gu...
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7. cockchafer
   cockchafer: see June beetle.
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8. Cockchafer
   The cockchafer (Melolontha vulgaris) is a common European beetle, about three centimetres long and destructive to the foliage of fruit and forest trees.
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9. cockchafer
   European beetle Melolontha melolontha, of the scarab family, up to 3 cm/1.2 in long, with clumsy, buzzing flight, seen on early summer evenings. Cockchafers damage trees by feeding on the foliage and flowers
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10. Cockchafer
    The `cockchafer` (colloquially called `may bug`, `billy witch`,<ref name="nathistlondon">Natural History Museum, London: date=December 2010-->--> or `spang beetle`,<ref name="nathistlondon"/> particularly in East Anglia) is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha
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