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scarabaeus
(encz) | scarabaeus, n: |
Scarabaeus
(gcide) | Scarabaeus \Scar`a*bae"us\, n.
Same as Scarab in both senses. |
scarabaeus
(wn) | scarabaeus
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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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).
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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).
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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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genus scarabaeus
(wn) | genus Scarabaeus
n 1: type genus of the Scarabaeidae |
scarabaeus sacer
(wn) | Scarabaeus sacer
n 1: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
[syn: scarab, scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer] |
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