Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous stout-bodied often colorful scarabaeoid beetles of the family Scarabaeidae, which includes the dung beetles and the June beetles.
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- noun zoology, entomology Any
lamellicorn beetle of the familyScarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).
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- noun any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Scarabaeidae, family name, from Scarabaeus, type genus, from Latin scarabaeus, beetle; see scarab.]
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From Ancient Greek κάραβος (karabos, "horned beetle"), via Latin scarabaeus.
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Examples
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The invertebrate fauna of the sandy deserts is especially rich, represented by species such as grasshoppers, darkling beetles, scarabaeid beetles, butterflies, termites and ants.
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