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June bug
noun
- Also called May beetle. any of several large, brown beetles of the genus Phyllophaga, of the scarab family, appearing in late spring and early summer.
- Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. a firefly.
June bug
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 calledMay beetleMay bug
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Origin of June bug1
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Example Sentences
The more they eat the sooner they come out into the bright world as a June-bug or some other kind of beetle.
The June-bug has wing covers, too, but it never keeps its best wings tucked in.
If he'd had sense enough to doctor a June-bug he'd have seen that nothing can cure the lad.
However, if you dont want to hear the story of the June-bug that worked the type-writer, I wont tell it.
It always makes me think of a large June-bug dragged about by an accommodating crowd of fancy-colored flies!
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