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scarabaeus


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scarabaeus  \Scar`a*b[ae]"us\,  n.  [L.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Same  as  {Scarab}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scarabaeus  \Scar*a*b[ae]"us\,  n.  (Egypt.  Arch[ae]ol.) 
  A  conventionalized  representation  of  a  beetle,  with  its  legs 
  held  closely  at  its  sides,  carved  in  natural  or  made  in  baked 
  clay,  and  commonly  having  an  inscription  on  the  flat 
  underside. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scarabaeus 
  n  :  scarabaeid  beetle  considered  divine  by  ancient  Egyptians 
  [syn:  {scarab},  {Scarabaeus  sacer}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  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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