English > scarabaean: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes. |
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Synonyms | scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid |
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Member of | Scarabaeidae, family Scarabaeidae | scarab or dung beetles |
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Narrower | Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica | small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia |
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June beetle, June bug, May bug, May beetle | Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring |
Oriental beetle, Asiatic beetle, Anomala orientalis | introduced into United States from the Orient |
dung beetle | Any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs |
melolonthid beetle | Any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae |
rhinoceros beetle | Any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head |
rose chafer, rose beetle, Cetonia aurata | A common metallic green European beetle |
Broader | lamellicorn beetle | beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments |
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