May beetle

May beetle
noun
1. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
Hypernyms: ↑melolonthid beetle
Member Holonyms: ↑Melolontha, ↑genus Melolontha
2. any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
Syn: ↑June beetle, ↑June bug, ↑May bug
Hypernyms: ↑scarabaeid beetle, ↑scarabaeid, ↑scarabaean
Hyponyms: ↑green June beetle, ↑figeater

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