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 Meaning of MAY BEETLE
| Pronunciation: |  | mey'beetl 
 
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[n]  any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.  [n]  any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult   |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | cockchafer, June beetle, June bug, May bug, Melolontha melolontha |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | figeater, genus Melolontha, green June beetle, Melolontha, melolonthid beetle, scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle |  |     |    |  |