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† proˈscarab Obs. rare.
[ad. mod.L. prōscarabæ-us: see pro-1 and scarab; so F. proscarabée.]
A name of the Oil-beetle, Meloe proscarabæus.
[1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1016 Called Proscarabeus in Latine..in English it may fitly be called the Oyl-beetle, or the Oyl-clock.] 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §2. 123 Insects..like a Beetle without wings, but seeming to have some little rudiments of wings, noted for being apt upon a touch to send out a yellowish oyly substance from his joynts... Proscarab. |