MAY BEETLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring
   • the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
   Synonym(s)
   • June beetle (what does June beetle mean?)
   • June bug (what does June bug mean?)
   • May bug (what does May bug mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) May beetle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • scarabaeid beetle (what does scarabaeid beetle mean?)
   • scarabaeid (what does scarabaeid mean?)
   • scarabaean (what does scarabaean mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • green June beetle (what does green June beetle mean?)
   • figeater (what does figeater mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
   Synonym(s)
   • cockchafer (what does cockchafer mean?)
   • May bug (what does May bug mean?)
   • Melolontha melolontha (what does Melolontha melolontha mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) May beetle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • melolonthid beetle (what does melolonthid beetle mean?)