June n.  The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
 And what is so rare as a day in June?
 Then, if ever, come perfect days.   --Lowell.
 June beetle, June bug Zool., any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle.
 June grass Bot., a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

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 Dor n.  Zool. A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.


 June bug
      n : any of various large usually brown North American
          leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae
          feed on roots of grasses etc. [syn: June beetle, {May
          bug, May beetle]