scarabaeid
/ˌskarəˈbiːɪd
/noun Entomology
A beetle of the scarab family (Scarabaeidae), typically having strong spiky forelegs for burrowing.The preferred diet consists of ant pupae, sawfly larvae, beetles, scarabaeids, longicorn beetle larvae, and the larvae of cossid moths.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Scarabaeidae (plural), from Latin scarabaeus (see scarab).
- case-bearing moth
- casebook
- case-bottle
- casebound
- case by case
- case conference
- case-control
- case-controlled
- cased glass
- case distinction
- case divinity
- case file
- case form
- case frame
- case furniture
- case goods
- case grammar
- case-harden
- case-hardened
- case history
- case house
- caseiform
- casein
- caseinate
- caseinogen