| NOUN | animal | melolonthid beetle | any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae |
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| Meaning | Any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae. | |
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| Narrower | cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha | Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult |
| rose chafer, rose bug, Macrodactylus subspinosus | Common North American beetle | |
| Broader | scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean | Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes |
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