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Cockchafer vs Chafer - What's the difference?

cockchafer | chafer |

As nouns the difference between cockchafer and chafer

is that cockchafer is any of the large european beetles from the genus melolontha that are destructive to vegetation while chafer is one who chafes or chafer can be any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer and rose chafer.

cockchafer

English

(wikipedia cockchafer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

    • Hyponyms

    * common cockchafer, * forest cockchafer, * large cockchafer,

    chafer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who chafes.
  • A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
  • * Baker
    • A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons.

    Etymology 2

    Cognate with (etyl) and (etyl) kever.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer and rose chafer

    • Anagrams

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