Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of lamellicorn beetles, typified by the genus Melolontha; now generally reduced to a subfamily of Scarabæidæ; cockchafers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural subfamily of beetles, considered a separate family in some classification systems.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun considered a separate family in some classification systems
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Desert locusts (Shistocarica gregaria) and Melolonthidae beetles attack the foliage, and bruchid beetles feed on the mature dried seeds.
Chapter 10 1996
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Desert locusts (Shistocarica gregaria) and Melolonthidae beetles attack the foliage, and bruchid beetles feed on the mature dried seeds.
Chapter 47 1990
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(Cicindelidae), the chafers (Melolonthidae), the click-beetles
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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