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figeater
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun figeater has 1 sense
- figeater(n = noun.animal) green june beetle - large greenish June beetle of southern United States; Array is a kind of june beetle, june bug, may beetle, may bug
CIDE DICTIONARY
figeater, n.
A large beetle (Allorhina nitida ) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. [1913 Webster]
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