rhinoceros beetle

rhinoceros beetle

n.

Any of various large scarabaeid beetles of the genus Dynastes and related genera, characterized by horns on the head and thorax and found in tropical regions.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rhinoceros beetle - any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes