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Definition of Genus scarabaeus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Scarabaeidae.
Group relationships: Family Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeidae
Member holonyms: Scarab, Scarabaeus, Scarabaeus Sacer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Scarabaeus
Literary usage of Genus scarabaeus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"But the genus Scarabaeus, as founded by this celebrated naturalist, presented
some very remarkable differences, which determined MM. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1824)
"... who is now occupied with examining the old genus Scarabaeus of Linnaeus, of
which his father's cabinet contains about 2000 species, which he intends to ..."
3. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"The generic name may be derived from a resemblance to the polished wing covers
of beetles, of the genus Scarabaeus. Length, i inch. Habitat. ..."
4. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"The genus Scarabaeus is what I have chiefly confined myself to, and ought to have
studied exclusively. The beetles proper are quite enough for the labor of ..."
5. British Entomology: Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by John Curtis by John Curtis (1840)
"Type of the Genus, Scarabaeus Melolontha Linn. MELOLONTHA Fab., Lot., MacLeay,
Curt.—Scarabaeus Linn. Antenna inserted before the eyes in a cavity beneath ..."
6. Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the Insects Found in by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"... inserted close to the eyes This genus was established by Illiger at the expense
of the old genus Scarabaeus of Linnaeus. ..."
7. The study of medicine by John Mason Good (1829)
"Almost all the grubs of the genus Scarabaeus delight in, and feed on dung; and
hence the eggs find a convenient nidus and the grubs a ready supply of food ..."
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