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chafer

[ chey-fer ]

noun

  1. any scarabaeid beetle.


chafer

/ ˈ³Ùʃ±ðɪ´ÚÉ™ /

noun

  1. any of various scarabaeid beetles, such as the cockchafer and rose chafer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chafer1

before 1000; Middle English cheaffer, chaver, Old English ceofor; akin to German °­Ã¤´Ú±ð°ù
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chafer1

Old English ceafor; related to Old Saxon kevera, Old High German chevar
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After 104 years of living, there isn't much that is new to World War Two veteran Percy Chafer from London.

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Further to the east, Percival Chafer had reached Sword beach, another of the landing sites on the Normandy coast.

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He said they "love nice gardens and lawns" because they can dig into them to find chafer grubs and other insects but those who don't want the visitors can use "use non-toxic chemical repellents to dissuade them".

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The results show that male chafer's ability to detect the female sex pheromone does run on a 48-hour, circabidian cycle that matches the female mating behavior.

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The large black chafer beetle, Holotrichia parallela, is an agricultural pest in Asia.

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