Associations to the word «Cockchafer»

Wiktionary

COCKCHAFER, noun. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

Dictionary definition

COCKCHAFER, noun. Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats