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June Beetle

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Noun

1. june beetle, june bug, may beetle, may bug

any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

June Beetle

see synonyms of june beetle
noun
any of various large brown North American scarabaeid beetles that are common in late spring and early summer, esp any of the genus Polyphylla
. Also called: May beetle, May bug

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June Beetle

see synonyms of june beetle
1.  US
any of several large scarab beetles (genus Phyllophaga) appearing in May or June in the N U.S.
: also June beetle
2.  US
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Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

June Beetle

see synonyms of june beetle
n.
Any of various large, chiefly brownish scarab beetles of the subfamily Melolonthinae, having leaf-feeding adults that emerge in the spring and larvae that damage the roots of grasses and other plants. Also called June bug, May beetle.

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