(n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
Example Sentences:
(1) locusts, cockchafers, moths, water-bugs); and muscles that have a high enzyme activity, i.e.
(2) The superposition eye of the cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha, exhibits the typical features of many nocturnal and crepuscular scarabaeid beetles: the dioptric apparatus of each ommatidium consists of a thick corneal lens with a strong inner convexity attached to a crystalline cone, that is surrounded by two primary and 9-11 secondary pigment cells.
(3) All corpus cardiacum material tested, except that from the cockchafer, M. hippocastani, gave positive bioassay results.
(4) We suggest that the dorsal rim area of the cockchafer eye subserves the same function and that the beetles use the polarization pattern of the sky for orientation during their migrations.
Scarab
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Scarabee
Example Sentences:
(1) Residents in east London were warned to keep doors and windows shut as large plumes of smoke drifted from the fire at the warehouse in Scarab Close, near Lower Lea Crossing, Canning Town.
(2) During the blaze in Scarab Close, near Lower Lea Crossing, residents in east London were warned to keep doors and windows shut as large plumes of smoke drifted from the fire.
(3) They won't come cheap, starting at about £1000 for standard Scarab and Spider designs.
(4) Walking alone behind the team on one trip I found myself treading on large, crunchy, dead scarab beetles that had eaten away human flesh: a carpet of the dead feasting on the dead.
(5) The crude drugs emphasized are mantis egg case, wasp's nest, scarab larva, red cicada, snipe fly, horse fly, flying cockroach, Eupolyphaga, Chinese Cantharides and scarab beetle.
(6) Some findings of mythological significance could be demonstrated radiologically, such as the fact that the heart and kidneys had been left in the body, the presence of a scarab, various gold plates and amulets and a fayence-decorated shroud.