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june bug

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. june bug (noun)
  2. june beetle (noun)

june bug

noun, often capitalized J

Definition of JUNE BUG

: any of numerous rather large leaf-eating scarab beetles (subfamily Melolonthinae) that fly chiefly in late spring and have larvae that are white grubs which live in soil and feed chiefly on the roots of grasses and other plants —called also june beetle
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First Known Use of JUNE BUG

1829

Rhymes with JUNE BUG

bear hug, bedbug, billbug, debug, earplug, firebug, fireplug, goldbug, humbug, lovebug, prayer rug, sea slug, smart drug, spark plug, stinkbug, throw rug, unplug, wall plug

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