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    SCARABAEID

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikesplay

    Synonyms:

    scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("scarabaeid" is a kind of...):

    lamellicorn beetle (beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scarabaeid"):

    dung beetle (any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs)

    June beetle; June bug; May beetle; May bug (any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.)

    Japanese beetle; Popillia japonica (small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America)

    Anomala orientalis; Asiatic beetle; Oriental beetle (introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses)

    rhinoceros beetle (any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts)

    melolonthid beetle (any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae)

    Cetonia aurata; rose beetle; rose chafer (a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses)

    Holonyms ("scarabaeid" is a member of...):

    family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)

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