cockchafer / ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪ fər /
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cockchafer 的定义
n. 名词 noun- any of certain scarab beetles, especially the European species, Melolontha melolontha, which is very destructive to forest trees.
更多cockchafer例句
- The red cups that grew in the moss held as much dew as she wanted, and the cockchafer had taught her how to get honey.
- A cockchafer buzzed by, a moth flew in his face, the music stopped, and little Jon drew his head in.
- Before taking its flight, the cockchafer agitates its wings for some minutes, and inflates its abdomen with air.
- Certain larv, such as those of the cockchafer, eat away the roots of vegetables, and so destroy the harvests.
- But the cockchafer steers badly when it flies; it knocks itself at each instant against obstacles it meets with.