| Word | cockchafer |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A type of European beetle which is an agricultural pest. |
| Sentence | The humming of the screws overhead dropped an octave and a half, back through wasp and hornet to bumblebee, to cockchafer, to stag-beetle. |
| Source | Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, p. 61 Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer#/media/File:Maybug.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer#/media/File:Maybug.jpg |
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