Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from
Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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 larv[ae] 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.
Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
Source : WordNet®
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}]