| NOUN | animal | May beetle, cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha | any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult |
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| animal | May beetle, June beetle, June bug, May bug | any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring |
| Meaning | Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult. | |
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| Synonyms | cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha | |
| Member of | Melolontha, genus Melolontha | A genus of Melolonthidae |
| Broader | melolonthid beetle | Any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae |
| Spanish | abejorro, élitro | |
| Catalan | escarabat de Sant Joan | |
| 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, June bug, May bug | |
| 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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