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May beetle

May beetle

noun

  1. See June bug, cockchafer
    another name for cockchafer June bug

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Word History and Origins

Origin of May beetle1

First recorded in 1710–20

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Example Sentences

The remainder belong to several more or less harmful families, of which the May-beetle family (Scarabid) amount to 10.17 per cent.

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