noun
common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
• Syn: ↑rose chafer, ↑rose bug
• Hypernyms: ↑melolonthid beetle
• Member Holonyms: ↑Macrodactylus, ↑genus Macrodactylus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.