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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

• ROSE BUG (noun)

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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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