cockchafer
Meaning of cockchafer
noun
a large brown European beetle which flies at dusk and is a destructive plant pest, both as an adult and a larva.
early 18th century: from cock1 (expressing size or vigour) + chafer.
Information about cockchafer
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cockchafer is: cockchafers.
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Hyphenation of cockchafer
cockchafer
- It consists of 1 syllables and 10 chars.
- cockchafer is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of cockchafer
- French: hanneton
- Spanish: hemiélitro, élitro, escarabajo, melolontha
- Italian: maggiolino
Words that rhyme with cockchafer
afer, deafer, leafer, Schafer, Shafer, chafer, Loafer, loafer, Rafer, strafer, safer, unsafer, vouchsafer, aquafer, wafer
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