rhinoceros beetle

English

a male Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules, a type of rhinocerous beetle

Etymology

Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.

Noun

rhinoceros beetle (plural rhinoceros beetles)

1. Any of various tropical beetles, mostly of the genus , having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.

Translations

tropical beetle

• Atayal: kingahul
• Bikol Central: song
• French: scarabée rhinocéros (fr) m
• German: Nashornkäfer m
• Japanese: カブトムシ (ja) (kabutomushi)
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• Khmer: កញ្ចែ (km) (kɑñcae)
• Korean: 장수풍뎅이 (jangsupungdeng'i)
• Navajo: chéłchaaʼtsoh
• Russian: жук-носоро́г (ru) m (žuk-nosoróg)
• Welsh: chwilen ryncorniog f