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noun
Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean
History
Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.
Across languages
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