scarabaeid

scarabaeid
/skar'euh bee"id/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the Scarabaeidae, a family of lamellicorn beetles, including the scarabs, dung beetles, June bugs, and cockchafers.
n.
2. any scarabaeid beetle.
Also, scarabaean.
[1835-45; < NL scarabaeidae. See SCARABAEUS, -ID2]

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