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scarabaeus

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scar·a·bae·us  (skr-bs)
n. pl. scar·a·bae·us·es or scar·a·bae·i (-b)
See scarab.
[Latin; see scarab.]
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Noun1.scarabaeusscarabaeus - scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
scarab, Scarabaeus sacer
dung beetle - any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
genus Scarabaeus - type genus of the Scarabaeidae


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The Scarabaeus was the insignium or the 'arms,' of a very distinguished and very rare patrician family.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
I lost some of the specimens, but those which I preserved belonged to the genera Colymbetes, Hydroporus, Hydrobius (two species), Notaphus, Cynucus, Adimonia, and Scarabaeus.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
He had found an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus, and, more than this, he had hunted down and secured, with Jupiter's assistance, a scarabæus which he believed to be totally new, but in respect to which he wished to have my opinion on the morrow.
The Gold Bug by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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