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June bug   /dʒun bəg/   Listen
noun
June  n.  The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. "And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days."
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 larvae 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.



June bug  n.  (Zool.)
1.
See june beetle.
2.
A firefly. (Chiefly Northern U. S.)






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"June bug" Quotes from Famous Books



... afraid of anything, But then you stop. He's not a gentleman! It shows most particularly when he gets mad. Then he'll throw over anything—anything—to have his own way. He's a big man now, but he won't be knee-high to a June bug ...
— The Gray Dawn • Stewart Edward White

... possibilities of heavier-than-air flight; Glenn Curtiss, in company with Dr Alexander Graham Bell, with J. A. D. McCurdy, and with F. W. Baldwin, a Canadian engineer, formed the Aerial Experiment Company, which built a number of aeroplanes, most famous of which were the 'June Bug,' the 'Red Wing,' and the 'White Wing.' In 1908 the 'June Bug 'won a cup presented by the Scientific American—it was the first prize offered in America ...
— A History of Aeronautics • E. Charles Vivian



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