June bug
or Junebug
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.
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How to use June bug in a sentence
The more they eat the sooner they come out into the bright world as a June-bug or some other kind of beetle.
Little Busybodies | Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia MoodyThe June-bug has wing covers, too, but it never keeps its best wings tucked in.
Little Busybodies | Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia MoodyIf he'd had sense enough to doctor a June-bug he'd have seen that nothing can cure the lad.
Travelers Five Along Life's Highway | Annie Fellows JohnstonHowever, if you dont want to hear the story of the June-bug that worked the type-writer, I wont tell it.
Mr. Munchausen | John Kendrick BangsIt always makes me think of a large June-bug dragged about by an accommodating crowd of fancy-colored flies!
The Land of Thor | J. Ross Browne
British Dictionary definitions for June bug
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 called: May beetle, May bug
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