cockchafer
cockchafer
[ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪfə]
noun
[ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪfə]
noun
- a large brown European beetle which flies at dusk and often crashes into lighted windows. The adults are damaging to foliage and flowers, and the larvae are a pest of cereal and grass roots
（五月）金龟；（五月）鳃金龟。 亦称 May bug - Melolontha melolontha, family Scarabaeidae
拉丁名Melolontha melolontha，金龟科
- early 18th cent.: from cock (expressing size or vigour) + chafer
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