scaraboid

adj, noun — 3 senses

scaraboid

adj

Etymology From scarab + -oid.

Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.

scaraboid

noun

Etymology From scarab + -oid.

Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Any scaraboid beetle.

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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