English > scarabaeid beetle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes. |
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| Synonyms | scarabaeid, scarabaean |
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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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