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june bug
(encz) | June bug, |
June bug
(gcide) | June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from
Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.]
The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
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And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days. --Lowell.
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June beetle, June bug (Zool.), any one of several species
of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and
related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in
the northern United States, about the first of June. The
larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed
upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also
May bug or May beetle.
June grass (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue
grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.
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June bug
(gcide) | June bug \June" bug`\, n. (Zool.)
1. See june beetle.
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2. A firefly. [Chiefly Northern U. S.]
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June bug
(gcide) | Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zool.)
A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius),
which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called
also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug,
dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
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june bug
(wn) | June bug
n 1: any of various large usually brown North American leaf-
eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on
roots of grasses etc. [syn: June beetle, June bug, {May
bug}, May beetle] |
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