cockchafern.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪfə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌtʃeɪfər/

Forms: see cock n.¹ and int. and chafer n.¹

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + chafer n.¹, perhaps so called from a perceived resemblance of its distinctive fan-like antennae to the comb of a cockerel, or perhaps simply with reference to its size.Compare French hanneton , in the same sense (end of the 11th cent. in Old French; < an unattested sense of Old Dutch hano cockerel (see hen n.¹) + Old French -eton, diminutive suffix); compare the Dutch diminutive form haantje, lit. ‘little cockerel’, in the names of several beetles.

Any of several large European chafers of the genus Melolontha, (family Scarabaeidae), the adult of which is chiefly brown and flies at dusk in spring; also called maybug. Sometimes also (more widely): any chafer.Both the adults (which feed on oak leaves) and the larvae (which feed on plant roots) can be regarded as pests.

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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)

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May-bug1688

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rose beetle1856

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1668 G. Hartman tr. K. Digby Choice Receipts 99 Take a good quantity of the Insect called Cockchaffers, in the month of May.

1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 52 The line..baited with a cock shaver or grasshopper.

1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 14 The common Cockchafer..is often a terrible enemy to this tree [sc. the Oak].

1934 D. Miller Garden Pests in N.Z. vii. 58 Another common cockchafer which is on the wing most of the summer and autumn is the green manuka beetle (Pyronota festiva).

2015 New Statesman 31 July 30/1 The evening air is full of huge beetles with handlebar antennae, hooked feet and wildly erratic flight: cockchafers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockchafer
释义	cockchafern. Brit. /ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪfə/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌtʃeɪfər/ Forms: see cock n.¹ and int. and chafer n.¹ Etymology: < cock n.¹ + chafer n.¹, perhaps so called from a perceived resemblance of its distinctive fan-like antennae to the comb of a cockerel, or perhaps simply with reference to its size.Compare French hanneton , in the same sense (end of the 11th cent. in Old French; < an unattested sense of Old Dutch hano cockerel (see hen n.¹) + Old French -eton, diminutive suffix); compare the Dutch diminutive form haantje, lit. ‘little cockerel’, in the names of several beetles. Any of several large European chafers of the genus Melolontha, (family Scarabaeidae), the adult of which is chiefly brown and flies at dusk in spring; also called maybug. Sometimes also (more widely): any chafer.Both the adults (which feed on oak leaves) and the larvae (which feed on plant roots) can be regarded as pests. ΘΚΠ 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) chaferc1000 kafer1599 cockchafer1668 miller1668 May-bug1688 May-beetle1720 oak-web1720 humbuzz1756 May-chafer1766 dor-beetle1774 locust1790 fern-web1796 melolonthian1841 lamellicorn1842 furze-owl1847 rose beetle1856 melolonthid1928 billywitch1933 1668 G. Hartman tr. K. Digby Choice Receipts 99 Take a good quantity of the Insect called Cockchaffers, in the month of May. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 52 The line..baited with a cock shaver or grasshopper. 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 14 The common Cockchafer..is often a terrible enemy to this tree [sc. the Oak]. 1934 D. Miller Garden Pests in N.Z. vii. 58 Another common cockchafer which is on the wing most of the summer and autumn is the green manuka beetle (Pyronota festiva). 2015 New Statesman 31 July 30/1 The evening air is full of huge beetles with handlebar antennae, hooked feet and wildly erratic flight: cockchafers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1668
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