COCKCHAFER - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kâk`cheyfur
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

	Synonyms:	May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha

	See Also:	genus Melolontha, Melolontha, melolonthid beetle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}.