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Scarabee
{
Scar′ab
,Scar′a-bee
, }Noun.
[L.
scarabaeus
; cf. F. scarabée
.] 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
). Definition 2024
scarabée
scarabée
See also: scarabee
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested 1526[1], borrowing from Latin scarabaeus.
Noun
scarabée m (plural scarabées)
Synonyms
Descendants
Related terms
References
- ↑ “scarabée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (scarabée, supplement)