Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rose_chafer

2 senses of rose chafer

Sense 1
rose chafer, rose beetle, Cetonia aurata -- (a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses)
       => scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean -- (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

Sense 2
rose chafer, rose bug, Macrodactylus subspinosus -- (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)
       => melolonthid beetle -- (any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae)