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carabus

carabus noun: an ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.

Noun

carabus (plural carabuses or carabi)

  1. (historical) An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
  2. A ground beetle of the genus Carabus.

carabus meaning in Arabic

carabus in Arabic

beetle of the genus Carabus
سِلْكُوت silkūt

Forms of carabus

pluralcarabuses
pluralcarabi

Origin of carabus

From Latin carabus. The entomological sense is borrowed from translingual Carabus, from the same Latin source.

Questions about carabus

What does carabus mean?
Carabus means an ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
What is carabus in Arabic?
Carabus in Arabic is سِلْكُوت (silkūt). See Carabus meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is carabus?
Carabus is a noun.
What is the plural of carabus?
The plural of carabus is carabuses.

Words near carabus in the dictionary

  1. Carabinos
  2. carabins
  3. Carabobo
  4. caraboid
  5. Carabost
  6. carabus
  7. carac
  8. caracal
  9. Caracalla
  10. caracals
  11. caracanthid

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