Definition of Melolontha

1. Noun. A genus of Melolonthidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melolontha
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Melolonthidae, Subfamily Melolonthidae
Member holonyms: Cockchafer, May Beetle, May Bug, Melolontha Melolontha

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melolontha

Melitene
Melkite
Melkonian
Melkonyan
Mellaril
Mellissa
Mellivora
Mellivora capensis
Mellon
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus
Melodie
Melody
Melogale
Meloidae
Melolontha (current term)
Melolontha melolontha
Melolonthidae
Melony
Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus
Melopsittacus
Melopsittacus undulatus
Melospiza
Melospiza georgiana
Melospiza melodia
Melpomene
Melpomenean
Meltzer's law
Meltzer-Lyon test

Literary usage of Melolontha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1834)
"The recent work of Straus Durckheim affords an equally striking example of admirable arrangement in the muscles of the f '.M Melolontha vulgaris, or ..."

2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Of the Cockchafer [Melolontha vulgaris].—This beetle flies about in the beginning of the months of June and July; commonly about the tops of trees, houses, ..."

3. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton by Gilbert White, James Edmund Harting (1889)
"I dressed one of these Melolontha FULLO. birds, and found it juicy and well-flavoured. ... Melolontha ..."

4. The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and by G. Kauschinger, Hermann Heinrich von Fürst (1893)
"The Cockchafer, May-beetle, or May-bug, Melolontha vulgaris. As a beetle, this insect's attacks are almost exclusively confined to broad-leaved species of ..."

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