chafer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chafer
before 1000; Middle English cheaffer, chaver, Old English ceofor; akin to German Käfer
Example Sentences
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The large black chafer beetle, Holotrichia parallela, is an agricultural pest in Asia.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
Though not as fearsome as the murder hornet, the European chafer joins an ever-expanding list of invasive species causing ecological headaches.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2021
The grubs are the larvae of the European chafer, a nonnative scarab beetle first spotted in Washington state in 2008.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2021
“I suspect the European chafer will at some point be only a sporadic pest,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2021
And if he se any old ketle, chafer, or pewter dish abroad in the yard where he worketh, h�e quicklye snappeth the same vp, and in to the booget it goeth round.
From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John
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