melolonthid beetle

1. 1.

   any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae

   Broaderscarabaeid beetle

   Narrowercockchaferrose chafer

Questions about melolonthid beetle

What does melolonthid beetle mean?

melolonthid beetle means "any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae".

Is melolonthid beetle a common word?

melolonthid beetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.