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Definition of chafer

Chafer
Chafer Chaf"er, n. 1. One who chafes. 2. A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. --Baker.
Chafer
Chafer Chaf"er, n. [AS. ceafor; akin to D. kever, G k["e]fer.] (Zo["o]l.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
chafer
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.

Meaning of chafer from wikipedia

- Look up chafer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chafer may refer to: Chafer beetle, the common name for several species of scarab beetles Chafing dish...
- Look up chafe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chafe may refer to: Chafé, village in Portugal Chafe, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Zamfara State...
- Cetoniinae. Gallery of flower beetles Illustrated key to South Asian chafers Punctate Flower Chafer Factfile WZCZ Gallery Kaferlatein African Cetoniinae website...
- At least two beetles are known as the rose chafer: Cetonia aurata, in Europe Macrodactylus subspinosus, in North America This disambiguation page lists...
- The European chafer (Amphimallon majale; formerly classified as Rhizotrogus majalis) is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. Formerly found only in continental...
- Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 millimetres (3⁄4 in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured...
- chafing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chafing can refer to: Chafing (nautical), damage to sails or other parts of a boat from rubbing Chafing (skin)...
- Pachnoda sinuata, the garden fruit chafer or checkers tor or brown-and-yellow fruit chafer, is a species of beetle found in Namibia, South Africa and...
- stated that Chafer was an evangelist who was also "an eminent theologian." Chafer was born in Rock Cr****, Ohio to Thomas and Lomira Chafer and was the...
- The punctate flower chafer or spotted flower chafer, Neorrhina punctata, is a species of flower chafer. The chafers are beetles of subfamily Cetoniinae...