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cha·fer

 (chā′fər)
n.
Any of various plant-eating scarab beetles, such as the rose chafer.

[Middle English, a kind of beetle, from Old English ceafor.]
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chafer

(ˈtʃeɪfə)
n
(Animals) any of various scarabaeid beetles, such as the cockchafer and rose chafer
[Old English ceafor; related to Old Saxon kevera, Old High German chevar]
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chaf•er

(ˈtʃeɪ fər)

n.
any of various scarab beetles that are pests of plants, as the cockchafer and rose chafer.
[before 1000; Middle English cheaffer, chaver, Old English ceofor; akin to Old Saxon, Middle Dutch kever, Old High German chevar(o)]
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chafer

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Since that time, there have been several revisional works of various taxa that incidentally included Pakistan, e.g., Balthasar (1963a-b, 1964) for Scarabaeinae (dung beetles), Keith (2001) for some Melolonthinae (chafers), Endrodi (1985) for Dynastinae (rhinoceros beetles), and Miksic (1976, 1977, 1982, 1987) for Cetoniinae (flower chafers).
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