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scarabaeus en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin scarabaeus. Doublet of scarab.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of scarab.
   alt of scarab
   • What did she mean about the scarabæus too? It was Leo's scarabæus, and had come out of the old coffer that Vincey had left in my rooms nearly one-and-twenty years before. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

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