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/duy nas"tid/, n.See rhinoceros beetle.[ < NL Dynastidae the family which includes such beetles, equiv. to Dynast(es) a genus (see DYNAST) + -idae -ID2]
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dynastid
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rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, esp. of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax. Also called dynastid. [1675 85] * * * ▪ insect subfamily also called elephant… … Universalium
