Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cockchafer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and
allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or
{dorbeetle}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cockchafer
n : any of various large European beetles destructive to
vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: {May bug}, {May
beetle}, {Melolontha melolontha}]
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