NOUN | animal | June bug, June beetle, May bug, May beetle | any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring |
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Meaning | Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.. | |
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Synonyms | June beetle, May bug, May beetle | |
Narrower | green June beetle, figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
Broader | scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean | Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes |
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