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Definition of Cockchafer

Cockchafer
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.

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- The common ****chafer (Melolontha melolontha), also colloquially known as the Maybug, Maybeetle, or doodlebug, is a species of scarab beetle belonging...
- Melolontha hippocastani, the northern ****chafer, is a species of scarab beetle native to Eurasia, with its range spanning from Western Europe to the Pacific...
- HMS ****chafer was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Barclay Curle and launched on 17 December 1915 as the fifth Royal Navy ship to carry...
- ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ****chafer after the insect, the ****chafer: HMS ****chafer (1812), of five guns, was formerly the United...
- ****chafer soup is a European dish made from the ****chafer insect. It was a delicacy in Germany and France until the mid-1900s. Its taste resembles crab...
- Melolontha: The common ****chafer (Melolontha melolontha) The forest ****chafer (Melolontha hippocastani) Other species referred to as ****chafers include: Holotrichia...
- The red-headed ****chafer or red-headed pasture ****chafer (Adoryphorus couloni or Adoryphorus coulonii) is a species of Australian scarab beetle in the...
- the family Scarabaeidae. The European ****chafers belong to this genus. Linnaeus called the European ****chafer Scarabaeus melolontha. Étienne Louis Geoffroy...
- HMS ****chafer was a United States schooner, formerly named Spencer, that the Royal Navy (RN) captured and emplo**** as a ship's tender. She captured two...
- LÉ Fola (CM12) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Irish Naval Service. Launched in 1955 as HMS Blaxton (M1132) for the Royal Navy (RN), the minesweeper...