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Webster 1828 Edition


Elephant-beetle

EL'EPHANT-BEETLE

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Noun.
A large species of Scarabaeus, or beetle, found in South America. It is of a black color; the body covered with a hard shell, as thick as that of a crab. It is nearly four inches long. The feelers are horny, and the proboscis an inch and a quarter in length.