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June bug   /dʒun bəg/   Listen
June bug

noun
1.
Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc..  Synonyms: June beetle, May beetle, May bug.





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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


Words linked to "June bug" :   figeater, scarabaeid beetle, May bug, June beetle, scarabaean, scarabaeid, May beetle, green June beetle


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