SCARAB

{ Scar″ab (?), Scar″a‐bee (?) }, n. [[L. scarabaeus; cf. F. scarabée.]] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabæus, or family Scarabæidæ, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabæus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum).