Definition of Scarabaeid beetle

1. Noun. Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarabaeid Beetle

scapuloperiosteal reflex
scapulopexy
scapus
scapus pili
scar
scar cancer
scar cancer of the lungs
scar carcinoma
scar tissue
scarab
scarab beetle
scarabaean
scarabaei
scarabaeid
scarabaeid beetle (current term)
scarabaeoid
scarabaeus
scarabaeuses
scarabee
scarabees
scarablike
scaraboid
scarabs
scarabæid
scaramouches
scarbroite
scarce
scarce copper
scarcely

Literary usage of Scarabaeid beetle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Mr. SH Scudder exhibited a fossil trilo- bite which showed a remarkable resemblance to a scarabaeid-beetle (Phanaeus), also a new species of fossil ..."

2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1901)
"With them were many specimens of a dark scarabaeid beetle. As soon as I began trying to secure specimens of this the ants covered my hands, biting sharply, ..."

3. Report by Hawaii Minister of the Interior (1898)
"A similar Tenebrionid larva was found in Morelos in the act of feeding upon a larva of a scarabaeid beetle in the ground. Some of the Tenebrionid beetles ..."

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