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chafe: a localized area where a fabric has been damaged by friction
Category: Various industries and crafts

chafer: a member of the family Scarabaeidae(Melolonthinae),a root-feeding beetle family containing some of the most injurious species of insects known,e.g.the cockchafer(Melolontha melolontha)(i.e.(forest)May beetle,May bug,June beetle),whose larvae,generally termed white grubs,do immense damage to the forests and nursery stock of Europe,Western Asia and Australasia and whose adults may heavily defoliate hardwoods and occasionally conifers
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

chafer: replaceable material(hides,old netting etc.)fixed to underside of codend for protection against chafing on the sea bed
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cockchafers: beetles of several genera, the larvae of which are commonly called white grubs and attack the vine
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

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