May beetle
1. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult • Syn: cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha • 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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