May-beetle

  • 1May beetle — May May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty one days. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The early part or… …

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  • 2May beetle — June June, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.] The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. [1913 Webster] And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever,… …

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  • 3May beetle — noun 1. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult • Syn: ↑cockchafer, ↑May bug, ↑Melolontha melolontha • Hypernyms: ↑melolonthid beetle • Member Holonyms: ↑Melolontha, ↑ …

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  • 4may-beetle — n.; (also may bug) Cockchafer, dor, dor bug, tree beetle, dor beetle, dor fly, dummador …

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  • 5May beetle. — See June bug (def. 1). [1710 20] * * * …

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  • 6May beetle. — See June bug (def. 1). [1710 20] …

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  • 7May — May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty one days. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The early part or springtime …

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  • 8May apple — May May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty one days. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The early part or… …

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  • 9May bug — May May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty one days. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The early part or… …

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  • 10May Day — May May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty one days. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The early part or… …

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