June bug n.
<美>[昆]六月鳃金龟,[动]绿花金鱼
june bug[ noun ]
any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
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June bug \June" bug`\, n. (Zo["o].)
1. See {june beetle}.
[PJC]
2. A {firefly}. [Chiefly Northern U. S.]
[PJC]
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.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days. --Lowell.
{June beetle}, {June bug} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several
species of large brown beetles of the genus {Lachnosterna}
and related genera; -- so called because they begin to
fly, in the northern United States, about the first of
June. The larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground,
and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants.
Called also {May bug} or {May beetle}.
{June grass} (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue
grass. See {Blue glass}, and Illustration in Appendix.
Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),
which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called
also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},
{dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.