May beetle

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May beetle

See June beetle.

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Noun	1.	May beetle - any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult cockchafer, May bug, Melolontha melolontha melolonthid beetle - any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae genus Melolontha, Melolontha - a genus of Melolonthidae
	2.	May beetle - any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc. June beetle, June bug, May bug scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes figeater, green June beetle - large greenish June beetle of southern United States

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