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scaraboid en · ADJ
Etymology
From scarab + -oid.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
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scaraboid en · NOUN
Etymology
From scarab + -oid.
Meanings
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Any scaraboid beetle.
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An imitation scarab ornament.
There were over a score of small gold beads, 2 gold scaraboids, gold crescents, pendants shaped like pomegranate buds, several gold rings, pins of gold-covered bronze.
1932, Elihu Grant, Irving Francis Wood, George Ernest Wright, Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine), page 21:
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