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Meanings of billy witch in English

European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae.

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Examples for "cockchafer"
Examples for "cockchafer"
1
Did you ever see an orthodox doctor produce a cockchafer like that?
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
2
A cockchafer came droning over the hedge and past us.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
3
Rowsley threw a daisy at a cockchafer and missed it.
Nightfall
4
Still the cockchafer kept on humming, and the lark soared higher in its rapturous song.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
5
A cockchafer whirred past her and buried itself in a tuft of grass hard by.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
1
Suddenly some May bugs flew in through the window, but no one noticed them.
Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
2
To dream of May bugs, denotes an ill-tempered companion where a congenial one was expected.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...