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English noun: May bug

1. May bug (animal) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult


Synonymscockchafer, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha


Broader (hypernym)melolonthid beetle


Member meronymgenus Melolontha, Melolontha

2. May bug (animal) any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.


SynonymsJune beetle, June bug, May beetle


Broader (hypernym)scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle


Narrower (hyponym)figeater, green June beetle









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