ALL meanings of cockchafer
cock·chaf·er
C c - noun cockchafer any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses 3
- noun cockchafer any of several large European scarab beetles whose grubs live in the soil and feed on the roots of plants 3
- noun cockchafer any of certain scarab beetles, especially the European species, Melolontha melolontha, which is very destructive to forest trees. 1
- noun cockchafer A large brown European beetle that flies at dusk and often crashes into lighted windows. The adults are damaging to foliage and flowers, and the larvae are a pest of cereal and grass roots. 1
- noun cockchafer Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation. 0