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Meanings of May bug in inglês

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.

              Synonyms
              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
              Usage of May bug in inglês
              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...