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scaraboid

scaraboid adjective: of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.

Adjective

scaraboid (comparative more scaraboid, superlative most scaraboid)

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

Noun

scaraboid (plural scaraboids)

  1. Any 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

Forms of scaraboid

Adjective
comparativemore scaraboid
superlativemost scaraboid
Noun
pluralscaraboids

Origin of scaraboid

From scarab + -oid.

Questions about scaraboid

What does scaraboid mean?
Scaraboid means of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
What part of speech is scaraboid?
Scaraboid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near scaraboid in the dictionary

  1. scarabeid
  2. scarabeids
  3. scarabid
  4. scarabids
  5. scarablike
  6. scaraboid
  7. scaraboids
  8. scarabs
  9. scarabæid
  10. scarabæids
  11. scaramouch

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