melolonthid beetle

English Thesaurus

1. any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle,
definition	:	any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cockchafer, may beetle, may bug, melolontha melolontha,
definition	:	any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug, rose chafer,
definition	:	common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines (noun.animal)