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May bug

noun

Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult. Synonyms: cockchafer, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha.

Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.. Synonyms: June beetle, June bug, May beetle.

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Words linked to "May bug" : figeater, June beetle, scarabaean, scarabaeid, Melolontha, genus Melolontha, cockchafer, June bug, green June beetle, melolonthid beetle, Melolontha melolontha, scarabaeid beetle