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SCARABAEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
Synonyms:
scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scarabaean" is a kind of...):
lamellicorn beetle (beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scarabaean"):
dung beetle (any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs)
June beetle; June bug; May beetle; May bug (any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.)
Japanese beetle; Popillia japonica (small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America)
Anomala orientalis; Asiatic beetle; Oriental beetle (introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses)
rhinoceros beetle (any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts)
melolonthid beetle (any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae)
Cetonia aurata; rose beetle; rose chafer (a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses)
Holonyms ("scarabaean" is a member of...):
family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)
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