= scarabaeid, adj. n.

Entomology. = scarabaeidoid adj. (Cent. Dict.).

Of or pertaining to the Scarabæidæ, a large family of lamellicorn beetles, including cockchafers, stag-beetles, dung beetles, etc.

resembling a scarabæid; used by C. V. Riley to denote the third stage in the larval development of hypermetamorphic beetles, as oil-beetles (Meloidæ).