different between cockchafer vs scarab

English

Etymology

From cock (“male bird”) +? chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hano (“rooster”). Attested from the late seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?k?t?e?f?(?)/

Noun

cockchafer (plural cockchafers)

1. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
2. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.

Synonyms

• May bug, doodlebug

Hyponyms

• black-headed pasture cockchafer, Acrossidius tasmaniae
• brown cockchafer, Rhopaea magnicornis
• common cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha
• forest cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani
• large cockchafer, Melolontha pectoralis
• large white cockchafer, Cyphochilus apicalis

Translations

References

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skæ??b/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?sk???b/

Noun

scarab (plural scarabs)

1. A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
2. Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
3. A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.

Synonyms

• cockchafer, dung beetle, June bug, scarabaeus (obsolete)

Derived terms

• scarabaeid
• scarabaeoid

Descendants

• ? Irish: scarab
• ? Welsh: sgarab

Translations

Anagrams

• Barsac