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English noun: May beetle | |||
| 1. | May beetle (animal) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult | ||
| Synonyms | cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | melolonthid beetle | ||
| Member meronym | genus Melolontha, Melolontha | ||
| 2. | May beetle (animal) any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc. | ||
| Synonyms | June beetle, June bug, May bug | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | figeater, green June beetle | ||
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