| 释义 |
cockchafer
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: cock (I) + chafer; perhaps from its size
: a large European scarablike beetle (Melolontha melolontha) that is destructive to vegetation, the larva feeding on roots, the adult on the foliage; also : any of various related beetles of similar habits formerly constituting a subfamily of Scarabeidae but now often made a separate family, Melolonthidae (as the pasture cockchafers or the New World rose chafer) — compare june beetle; see grass-grub |