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scarab
(encz) | scarab,skarab Zdeněk Brož |
Scarab
(gcide) | Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf.
F. scarab['e]e.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles
of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae,
especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarabaeus
sacer}, and Scarabaeus Egyptiorum).
[1913 Webster]
2. (Egyptian Archaeology, Jewelry) A stylized representation
of a scarab beetle carved in stone or faience, or made in
baked clay, usually in a conventionalized form in which
the beetle has its legs held closely at its sides, and
commonly having an inscription on the flat underside; -- a
symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as
an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in
jewelry, usually by engraving the formalized scarab design
on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab
bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a ring with a
scarab [the carved stone itelf].
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scarab
(wn) | scarab
n 1: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
[syn: scarab, scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer] |
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scarab
(encz) | scarab,skarab Zdeněk Brož |
scarabaean
(encz) | scarabaean, n: |
scarabaeid
(encz) | scarabaeid, n: |
scarabaeid beetle
(encz) | scarabaeid beetle, n: |
scarabaeus
(encz) | scarabaeus, n: |
Scarabaeus
(gcide) | Scarabaeus \Scar`a*bae"us\, n.
Same as Scarab in both senses. |
Scarabaeus Egyptiorum
(gcide) | Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf.
F. scarab['e]e.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles
of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae,
especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarabaeus
sacer}, and Scarabaeus Egyptiorum).
[1913 Webster]
2. (Egyptian Archaeology, Jewelry) A stylized representation
of a scarab beetle carved in stone or faience, or made in
baked clay, usually in a conventionalized form in which
the beetle has its legs held closely at its sides, and
commonly having an inscription on the flat underside; -- a
symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as
an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in
jewelry, usually by engraving the formalized scarab design
on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab
bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a ring with a
scarab [the carved stone itelf].
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Scarabaeus sacer
(gcide) | Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf.
F. scarab['e]e.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles
of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae,
especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarabaeus
sacer}, and Scarabaeus Egyptiorum).
[1913 Webster]
2. (Egyptian Archaeology, Jewelry) A stylized representation
of a scarab beetle carved in stone or faience, or made in
baked clay, usually in a conventionalized form in which
the beetle has its legs held closely at its sides, and
commonly having an inscription on the flat underside; -- a
symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as
an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in
jewelry, usually by engraving the formalized scarab design
on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab
bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a ring with a
scarab [the carved stone itelf].
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Scarabaeus stercorarius
(gcide) | Clock \Clock\, n. (Zool.)
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[ae]us
stercorarius}).
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Scarabee
(gcide) | Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf.
F. scarab['e]e.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles
of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae,
especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarabaeus
sacer}, and Scarabaeus Egyptiorum).
[1913 Webster]
2. (Egyptian Archaeology, Jewelry) A stylized representation
of a scarab beetle carved in stone or faience, or made in
baked clay, usually in a conventionalized form in which
the beetle has its legs held closely at its sides, and
commonly having an inscription on the flat underside; -- a
symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as
an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in
jewelry, usually by engraving the formalized scarab design
on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab
bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a ring with a
scarab [the carved stone itelf].
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Scaraboid
(gcide) | Scaraboid \Scar"a*boid\, a. [Scarab + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive
group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and
many similar lamellicorn beetles.
[1913 Webster]Scaraboid \Scar"a*boid\, n. (Zool.)
A scaraboid beetle.
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family scarabaeidae
(wn) | family Scarabaeidae
n 1: scarab or dung beetles [syn: Scarabaeidae, {family
Scarabaeidae}] |
genus scarabaeus
(wn) | genus Scarabaeus
n 1: type genus of the Scarabaeidae |
scarab
(wn) | scarab
n 1: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
[syn: scarab, scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer] |
scarabaean
(wn) | scarabaean
n 1: any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having
heads with horny spikes [syn: scarabaeid beetle,
scarabaeid, scarabaean] |
scarabaeid
(wn) | scarabaeid
n 1: any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having
heads with horny spikes [syn: scarabaeid beetle,
scarabaeid, scarabaean] |
scarabaeid beetle
(wn) | scarabaeid beetle
n 1: any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having
heads with horny spikes [syn: scarabaeid beetle,
scarabaeid, scarabaean] |
scarabaeidae
(wn) | Scarabaeidae
n 1: scarab or dung beetles [syn: Scarabaeidae, {family
Scarabaeidae}] |
scarabaeus
(wn) | scarabaeus
n 1: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
[syn: scarab, scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer] |
scarabaeus sacer
(wn) | Scarabaeus sacer
n 1: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
[syn: scarab, scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer] |
scarabaeus
(devil) | SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to
our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality,
the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit
of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it
to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal
reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior
beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest.
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scarabee
(devil) | SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.
He fell by his own hand
Beneath the great oak tree.
He'd traveled in a foreign land.
He tried to make her understand
The dance that's called the Saraband,
But he called it Scarabee.
He had called it so through an afternoon,
And she, the light of his harem if so might be,
Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see,
All frosted there in the shine o' the moon --
Dead for a Scarabee
And a recollection that came too late.
O Fate!
They buried him where he lay,
He sleeps awaiting the Day,
In state,
And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan,
Gloom over the grave and then move on.
Dead for a Scarabee!
Fernando Tapple
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