May beetle
1. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
• Syn:
cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha
• Hypernyms:
melolonthid beetle
• Member Holonyms:
Melolontha, genus Melolontha
2. any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring;
the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
• Syn:
June beetle, June bug, May bug
• Hypernyms:
scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean
• Hyponyms:
green June beetle, figeater
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