Found 4 hits - Term: june bug, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
june bug \june" bug`\, n. zool.
1. see june beetle.
pjc
2. a firefly. chiefly northern u. s.
pjc
see also:
june beetle firefly
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
and what is so rare as a day in june?
then, if ever, come perfect days. --lowell.
1913 webster
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
larvae 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.
1913 webster
see also:
june beetle june bug lachnosterna may bug may beetle june grass
blue glass
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
see also:
dormouse geotrupes stercorarius june bug dorr dorbeetle dorrbeetle
dorbug dorrfly buzzard clock
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
june bug
n : 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, may
bug, may beetle
see also:
june beetle may bug may beetle
Results 1 - 5 of 5 found about june bug: Bug
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Bug, definition of term: Bug
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June, definition of term: June
june_pag1.html Bug Out
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Bug Out, definition of term: Bug Out
bug+out_pag1.html Bed Bug
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Bed Bug, definition of term: Bed Bug
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Chinch Bug, definition of term: Chinch Bug
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