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SCARABAEIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scarab or dung beetles
Synonyms:
family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scarabaeidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Scarabaeidae"):
scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)
genus Scarabaeus (type genus of the Scarabaeidae)
genus Popillia; Popillia (a genus of Scarabaeidae)
Anomala; genus Anomala (genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses)
Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae; Cetoniidae; subfamily Cetoniidae (considered a separate family in some classification systems)
Holonyms ("Scarabaeidae" is a member of...):
Lamellicornia; superfamily Lamellicornia (scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles)
