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Noun: cockchafer  'kók,chey-fu(r)
  1. Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    "Cockchafers can cause significant damage to crops and gardens";
    - May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha

Derived forms: cockchafers

Type of: melolonthid beetle

Part of: genus Melolontha, Melolontha

Encyclopedia: Cockchafer