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ROSE CHAFER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug; rose chafer

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rose chafer" is a kind of...):

melolonthid beetle (any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae)

Holonyms ("rose chafer" is a member of...):

genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus (a genus of Melolonthidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses

Synonyms:

Cetonia aurata; rose beetle; rose chafer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rose chafer" is a kind of...):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

Holonyms ("rose chafer" is a member of...):

Cetonia; genus Cetonia (a genus of Cetoniidae)

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