| 释义 |
scar·a·bae·i·dae
\-ēəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Scarabaeus, type genus + -idae
: a family of stout-bodied lamellicorn beetles now usually restricted to beetles (as the tumblebugs or scarabaeus) of subsocial habits that feed on dung but sometimes especially formerly extended to include the plant-feeding rhinoceros beetles, flower beetles, leaf chafers and others that are usually placed in separate families — compare cetoniidae, dung beetle, melolonthidae, rutelinidae |