cockchafer

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
  2. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.

Conceptos

abejorro sanjuanero

escarabajo de San Juan

gusano blanco

escarabajo de mayo

escarabajo sanjanero

gusanito blanco

abejarron

Sinónimos

maybug

may bug

May beetle

may beetle

Melolontha melolontha

European chockchafer

melolontha

May-beetle

beettle

may-bug

june bug

May-bug

cockchafer beetle

common chockchafer

Traducciones

μηλολόνθη

Melolontha

melolontha

Feld-Maikäfer

χρυσόμυγα

chrysómyga

Feldmaikäfer

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈkɒkˌt͡ʃeɪfɚ/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From cock (“male bird”) + chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”). Attested from the late seventeenth century.

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