A name given to certain beetles, now chiefly the cockchafer, n. and rose chafer, n.; used alone, it generally means the former of these. Apparently…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > member of (cockchafer) (18) chaferc1000 A name given to certain beetles, now chiefly the cockchafer, n. and rose chafer, n.; used alone, it generally means the former of these. Apparently… kafer1599 = chafer, n.1 cockchafer1668 Any of several large European chafers of the genus Melolontha, (family Scarabaeidae), the adult of which is chiefly brown and flies at dusk in… miller1668 Any of various white or white-powdered insects, esp. moths; esp. (a) (more fully miller moth) a noctuid moth, spec. a pale grey and white noctuid, Acr… May-bug1688 Any of various chafer beetles (family Scarabaeidae) which appear in late spring, many of which are… The cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha. May-beetle1720 = May-bug, n. (in all senses). oak-web1720 a cockchafer. humbuzz1756 A local name of the cockchafer. May-chafer1766 the cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha, or the rose chafer, Cetonia aurata; in quot. 1827 figurative. dor-beetle1774 A flying coleopterous insect or beetle; also dor-beetle, dor-fly. spec. (a) the common black dung beetle or dumble-dor (Geotrupes stercorarius)… locust1790 English regional (midlands and northern). The cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha. Now rare. fern-web1796 a beetle (Scarabæus (or Melorontha) horticola). melolonthian1841 A melolonthid chafer (beetle). lamellicorn1842 A lamellicorn beetle, as the dung beetle, cockchafer, etc. furze-owl1847 a cockchafer. rose beetle1856 North American. = rose chafer, n. 2. melolonthid1928 A chafer (beetle) of the family Melolonthidae. billywitch1933 A cockchafer. |
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