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Значения термина June beetle на английском

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

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        Examples for "June bug"
        Examples for "June bug"
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        Let's not forget, Eve Blackwell was as crazy as a June bug.
        Mistress of the game
        2
        He turned away discreetly, and snapped up a plump June bug.
        Children of the Wild
        3
        You can't fool me now-andI'm crazy as a June bug!
        The Foolish Virgin
        4
        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
        5
        He felt as if he were a June bug buzzing helplessly at the end of a string.
        The Cruise of the Dry Dock
        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...
        1
        While I was writing this paper the chief enemy of the strawberry came blundering and bumping about my lamp-theMay beetle.
        The Home Acre
        2
        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
        Использование термина June beetle на английском
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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
        2
        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
        3
        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
        4
        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
        6
        June beetles, coloured like emeralds, spun loudly through the stillness, which had in it an almost human quality of hushed and expectant waiting.
        The Miller Of Old Church