cockchafer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
    — To the person who shall discover to the Society an effectual method, verified by repeated and satisfactory trials, of destroying the Grub of the Cockchafer, so destructive to the roots of all sorts of Corn, Pease, Beans, and Turneps, the gold medal.
  2. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.

词形变化

cockchafers plural

词汇关系

近义词
May bug doodlebug
下位词
black-headed pasture cockchafer Acrossidius tasmaniae brown cockchafer Rhopaea magnicornis common cockchafer Melolontha melolontha forest cockchafer Melolontha hippocastani large cockchafer Melolontha pectoralis large white cockchafer Cyphochilus apicalis

词源

From cock (“male bird”) + chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”). First attested in the late 17th century.
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