Cockchafer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zool.)
     A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {Melolontha
     vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug},
     {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}.
     [1913 Webster] Cockcrow



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cockchafer
       n : any of various large European beetles destructive to
           vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: {May bug}, {May
           beetle}, {Melolontha melolontha}]