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cock⋅chaf⋅er

  [kok-chey-fer]
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–noun
any of certain scarab beetles, esp. the European species, Melolontha melolontha, which is very destructive to forest trees.
Origin:
1685–95; cock 1 (with reference to its size) + chafer
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cock·chaf·er   (kŏk'chā'fər)   
n.  Any of various European beetles of the family Scarabaeidae, especially Melolontha melolontha, which is destructive to plants.

[Possibly cock1 + chafer.]
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