GENUS SCARABAEUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Scarabaeidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Scarabaeus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Scarabaeus"):

scarab; scarabaeus; Scarabaeus sacer (scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians)

Holonyms ("genus Scarabaeus" is a member of...):

family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)

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