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May beetle
(redirected from Phyllophaga (genus))

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May beetle
n.

May beetle, bug
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for cockchafer and June bug
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Noun1.May beetle - any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adultMay beetle - any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
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 springMay beetle - any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
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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