Scarabaeus

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of scarab. alt-of, obsolete

    "What did she mean about the scarabæus too? It was Leo's scarabæus, and had come out of the old coffer that Vincey had left in my rooms nearly one-and-twenty years before."

  2. 2
    scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians wordnet

Example

More examples

"What did she mean about the scarabæus too? It was Leo's scarabæus, and had come out of the old coffer that Vincey had left in my rooms nearly one-and-twenty years before."

Etymology

From Latin scarabaeus. Doublet of scarab.

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