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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cockchafer n : any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: {May bug}, {May beetle}, {Melolontha melolontha}]
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