Definition of scarabaeid beetle Scarabaeid beetle
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| scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes | ||
| scarabaeid, scarabaean | ||
| lamellicorn beetle beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments | ||
| family scarabaeidae, scarabaeidae scarab or dung beetles | ||
| dung beetle any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs | ||
| june beetle, june bug, may beetle, may bug any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc. | ||
| japanese beetle, popillia japonica small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America | ||
| anomala orientalis, asiatic beetle, oriental beetle introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses | ||
| rhinoceros beetle any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts | ||
| melolonthid beetle any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae | ||
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