cockchafer
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cockchafer
- /ˈkɒkˌt͡ʃeɪfɚ/
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From cock (“male bird”) + chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”). First attested in the late 17th century.
noun cockchafers
- Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation. To the person who shall discover to the Society an effectual method, verified by repeated and satisfactory trials, of destroying the Grub of the Cockchafer, so destructive to the roots of all sorts of Corn, Pease, Beans, and Turneps, the gold medal.
- Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
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noun beetle of genus Melolontha
| Español | escarabajo sanjuanero, sanjuanero, melolonta, abejorro, jorge |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 풍뎅이 pungdeng'i |
| 日本語 | コフキコガネ kofukikogane, 金亀子 koganemushi |
| 中文 | 金龜子 /金龟子 jīnguīzi, 小金蟲 /小金虫 xiǎojīnchóng |
| Português | melolonta |
| Français | hanneton, mélolonthe |
| Deutsch | Maikäfer |
| Italiano | maggiolino, melolonta |
| Ελληνικά | μηλολόνθη milolónthi |
| Română | cărăbuș, gândac-de-mai |
| Русский | ма́йский жук májskij žuk, хрущ xrušč, шара́нка šaránka |
| Tiếng Việt | con bọ da |
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