scarabaeoid

Related to scarabaeoid: scarabaeus

scar·a·bae·oid

S5130650 (skăr′ə-bē′oid)n. Any of numerous often burrowing beetles of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, having lamellate clubs at the tips of the antennae and usually stout bodies, and including the scarabaeid beetles and the stag beetles.
[From New Latin Scarabaeoidea, superfamily name, from Scarabaeus, type genus, from Latin scarabaeus, beetle; see scarab.]
scar′a·bae′oid adj.

scarabaeoid

(ˌskærəˈbiːɔɪd) adj1. (Animals) Also: scaraboid of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid2. (Animals) a former word for lamellicorn