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Significados de May bug en inglés

Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult.

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Examples for "June beetle"
Examples for "June beetle"
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Her vivacity was as disturbing as the incessant buzzing of a June beetle.
Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
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Well, then, what right have I, an entire stranger, to come blundering along like a June beetle and disturb your rest?
A Day of Fate
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I lighted my lamp, and, with the June beetles butting at my head, I wrote all night.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
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If you have half the horror of those great June beetles that she has, you will know how she jumped.
Men, Women, and Ghosts
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On the screens of the open windows the June beetles knock their heads, like theologues who wish they could get in.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
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Let's not forget, Eve Blackwell was as crazy as a June bug.
Mistress of the game
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He turned away discreetly, and snapped up a plump June bug.
Children of the Wild
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You can't fool me now-andI'm crazy as a June bug!
The Foolish Virgin
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Why, just as Washington says, we've been swallowed up like a duck gobbling a June bug.
On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
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He felt as if he were a June bug buzzing helplessly at the end of a string.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
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While I was writing this paper the chief enemy of the strawberry came blundering and bumping about my lamp-theMay beetle.
The Home Acre
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It also eats a small amount of newly planted corn, but at the same time clears the field of May beetles.
Checking the Waste: A Study in Conservation
Uso de May bug en inglés
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Suddenly some May bugs flew in through the window, but no one noticed them.
Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
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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...