May beetle
noun
Origin of May beetle
1First recorded in 1710–20
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How to use May beetle in a sentence
The remainder belong to several more or less harmful families, of which the May-beetle family (Scarabid) amount to 10.17 per cent.
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British Dictionary definitions for May beetle
May beetle
noun
another name for cockchafer, June bug
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