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‖ melolontha Ent.|mɛləʊˈlɒnθə|
[mod.L. mēlolontha, ad. Gr. µηλολόνθη cockchafer.]
A genus of lamellicorn beetles, typical of the family (or sub-family) Melolonthidæ, and including the common cockchafer, M. vulgaris. Hence meloˈlonthian [+ -ian], meloˈlonthidan [+ -id + -an], melolonthidian [+ -id + -ian] adjs., belonging to the (sub) family Melolonthidæ; also ns., a beetle of this (sub) family; melolonthid a., pertaining to the Melolonthidæ; meloˈlonthine a., pertaining to the genus Melolontha. (In recent Dicts.)
1706Phillips, Melolontha, the Beetle or May-bug; an Insect. 1842T. W. Harris Insects injur. Veget. (1862) 30 We have several Melolonthians whose injuries in the perfect and grub state approach to those of the European cock⁓chafer. 1900Ibis Apr. 240 A single melolonthid beetle. |