june : Idioms & Phrases
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6 june 1944
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noun date of the Allied landing in France, World War II
D-day.
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Bird of June
- the peacock.
Webster 1913
green june beetle
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noun large greenish June beetle of southern United States
figeater.
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june 14
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noun commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777
Flag Day.
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june 21
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noun June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
midsummer; summer solstice.
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june 23
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noun the night before Midsummer Day
Midsummer Eve; St John's Eve; Midsummer Night; St John's Night.
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june 24
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noun a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
St John's Day; Midsummer Day; Midsummer's Day.
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june 29
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noun first celebrated in the 3rd century
Saints Peter and Paul.
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june 3
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noun celebrated in southern United States
Jefferson Davis' Birthday; Davis' Birthday.
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june beetle
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noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
May beetle; June beetle; May bug.
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June beetle , June bug
(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genusLachnosterna 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 alsoMay bug orMay beetle .
Webster 1913
june bug
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noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
May beetle; June beetle; May bug.
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June grass
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noun valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
Poa pratensis; Kentucy blue grass; Kentucky blue; Kentucky bluegrass.
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(Bot.) , a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. SeeBlue glass , and Illustration in Appendix.
Webster 1913
mid-june
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noun the middle part of June