Found 2 items, similar to cockchafer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cockchafer cockchafer n : any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: May bug, May beetle , Melolontha melolontha]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cockchafer Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris ) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle. [1913 Webster]