JUNE BEETLE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does June beetle mean? 

• JUNE BEETLE (noun)
  The noun JUNE BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

  Familiarity information: JUNE BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUNE BEETLE (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

June beetle; June bug; May beetle; May bug

Hypernyms ("June beetle" is a kind of...):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "June beetle"):

figeater; green June beetle (large greenish June beetle of southern United States)