六月鳃角金龟

[ noun ]
any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
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June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from
Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.]
The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.

And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days. --Lowell.

{June beetle}, {June bug} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several
species of large brown beetles of the genus {Lachnosterna}
and related genera; -- so called because they begin to
fly, in the northern United States, about the first of
June. The larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground,
and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants.
Called also {May bug} or {May beetle}.

{June grass} (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue
grass. See {Blue glass}, and Illustration in Appendix.


May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of
Mercury by Jupiter.]
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.

2. The early part or springtime of life.

His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.

3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.

Plumes that mocked the may. --Tennyson.

4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.

{Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[ae]a}
({Spir[ae]a hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small
white flowers along the slender branches.

{May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself
(popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,
and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.


{May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the
winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and
allied genera. Called also {June beetle}.

{May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
garland, and by dancing about a May pole.

{May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
magical properties were attributed.

{May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.

{May fly} (Zo["o]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied
genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under
{Ephemeral}.

{May game}, any May-day sport.

{May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.

{May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
majalis}).

{May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.

{May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
sports of May Day.

{May thorn}, the hawthorn.