MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melolontha melolontha mean? 

• MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA (noun)
  The noun MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA has 1 sense:

1. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

  Familiarity information: MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cockchafer; May beetle; May bug; Melolontha melolontha

Hypernyms ("Melolontha melolontha" is a kind of...):

melolonthid beetle (any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae)

Holonyms ("Melolontha melolontha" is a member of...):

genus Melolontha; Melolontha (a genus of Melolonthidae)