'June bug' definitions:
Definition of 'June bug'
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noun
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, June bug, May bug, May beetle]
Definition of 'June bug'
From: GCIDE
- 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 larv[ae] 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]
Definition of 'June bug'
From: GCIDE
- June bug \June" bug`\, n. (Zool.)
- 1. See june beetle. [PJC]
- 2. A firefly. [Chiefly Northern U. S.] [PJC]
Definition of 'June bug'
From: GCIDE
- 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]