scaraboid

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adjective

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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Meanings

adjectivescaraboid (comparative more scaraboid, superlative most scaraboid)

comparative more scaraboid · superlative most scaraboid

  1. biologyOf or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
nounscaraboid (plural scaraboids)

plural scaraboids

  1. biologyAny scaraboid beetle.
  2. 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

Origin

From scarab + -oid.

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APA

scaraboid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaraboid

MLA

“scaraboid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaraboid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scaraboid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaraboid.

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