Category:Scarab

Scar"ab, scar"a*bee, n. Etym: [l. scarabeus; cf. F. scarabée.] (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabæus, or family scarabæidæ, especially the sacred, or egyptian, Species (scarabæus sacer, and s. Egyptiorum).