cockchafer
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3ADJ.
destructive
VERB + COCKCHAFER
catch, said
PREP.
with
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noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
To the person who shall discover to the Society an effectual method, verified by repeated and satisfactory trials, of destroying the Grub of the Cockchafer, so destructive to the roots of all sorts of Corn, Pease, Beans, and Turneps, the gold medal.
His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
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5To the person who shall discover to the Society an effectual method, verified by repeated and satisfactory trials, of destroying the Grub of the Cockchafer, so destructive to the roots of all sorts of
WiktionaryHis impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.
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Wiktionary"It's a pity that we'll die in some days and we won't see our children growing up. They'll surely be clever and cute", said the mother cockchafer.
Tatoeba · #6069565I swear I really tried everything. Me too, I used to set traps, but I was never able to catch even a cockchafer, neither with a mandarin nor with a fig.
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