1) Any scarabaeid beetle 2) Big beetle 3) Exclusively Anglo word 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Impatient one 6) Scarabaeid beetle 7) Variety of beetle 8) Word of purely Anglo origin 9) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/chafer
• (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. • (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer. • (n.) One who chafes. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chafer/
any of a group of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae (insect order Coleoptera). Adult leaf chafers (Macrodactylus) eat foliage, whereas grubs feed ... [1 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/50
Chaf'er noun 1. One who chafes. 2. A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. « A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. Baker. » Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/50
Beetle of the family Scarabeidae. The adults eat foliage or flowers, and the underground larvae feed on roots, chiefly those of grasses and cereals, and can be very destructive. Examples are the cockchafer and the rose chafer Cetonia aurata, about 2 cm/0.8 in long and bright green Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221