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ROSE BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rose bug mean?
• ROSE BUG (noun)
The noun ROSE BUG has 1 sense:
1. common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
Familiarity information: ROSE BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug; rose chafer
Hypernyms ("rose bug" is a kind of...):
melolonthid beetle (any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae)
Holonyms ("rose bug" is a member of...):
genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus (a genus of Melolonthidae)
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