What is a kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer called?
chafer — A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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