scaraboid

English

Etymology

From scarab +‎ -oid.

Adjective

scaraboid (comparative more scaraboid, superlative most scaraboid)

1. (coleopterology, entomology) 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. (coleopterology, entomology) Any scaraboid beetle.
2. An imitation scarab ornament.
   • 1932, Elihu Grant, Irving Francis Wood, George Ernest Wright, Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine), page 21:

     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.