scarabaean

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scar⋅a⋅bae⋅id

[skar-uh-bee-id]

–adjective

1.	belonging or pertaining to the Scarabaeidae, a family of lamellicorn beetles, including the scarabs, dung beetles, June bugs, and cockchafers.

–noun

2.	any scarabaeid beetle.

Also, scar⋅a⋅bae⋅an.

Origin:
1835–45; < NL scarabaeidae. See scarabaeus, -id ²

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scarabaean
noun
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes [syn: scarabaeid beetle]

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