scarabaeoid

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

scarabaeoid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a scarab.
    1. (jewelry, archaeology) Resembling a scarab in form, but without being made to look like a beetle.
  2. (obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.
  3. (entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.

Noun[edit]

scarabaeoid (plural scarabaeoids)

  1. Any beetle of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea