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scarab

noun
🔊/ˈskærəb/
🔊/ˈskærəb/
(also scarab beetle)
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  1. a large black beetle (= an insect with a hard shell); a design showing a scarab beetle金龟子；圣甲虫；甲虫形护符Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting a beetle of any kind): from Latin scarabaeus, from Greek skarabeios.