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scar·ab
/ ˈskarəb; ˈsker-/
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n.
(also scarab beetle or sacred scarab)
a large dung beetle (Scarabaeus sacer) of the eastern Mediterranean area, regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Family Scarabaeidae (the
scarab family) also includes the smaller dung beetles and chafers, together with some very large tropical kinds such as Hercules, goliath, and rhinoceros beetles.
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an ancient Egyptian gem cut in the form of this beetle, sometimes depicted with the wings spread, and engraved with hieroglyphs on the flat underside.
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U. Nebraska's scarab beetle collection scuttles to world's fourth largest
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/15/1999; ; 644 words
; ...to Lincoln. The scarab beetles, which were packed into 46...Washington, D.C. With its beetle collection, the division...s fourth largest scarab beetle collection. Scarab beetles, which range from the size...colors and gigantic horns. Scarab shells can be as ...
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Ask Calliope.(scarab beetle)(suspension bridges)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...ancient Egyptians believed that the scarab, and other such amulets or charms...or power. Those shaped like the scarab beetle, a desert insect, were among the...popular. The one known as the heart scarab was often placed within a mummy...
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Those white grubs are the larval stage of various `scarab' beetles
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/3/1998; 365 words
; ...larval stage of several "scarab" beetles, the most familiar of which is the Japanese beetle. The sod webworm, on...grub) of a moth, not a beetle. Entomological detail...begin to pupate into adult beetles), sod webworm damage...
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SHEET METAL SYSTEMS: Beetles on the road.(Scarab Sweepers's product information)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Metalworking Production; 12/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...spawned a monster! Around the world giant Scarabs are relentlessly stalking city streets...brushed, washed and vacuumed by the Scarab. Using a single hydrostatic drive for...which typically use two engines. The six Scarab models are produced in Kent by Scarab Sweepers, and range from the 2.0m3...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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CURSE OF THE SCARAB CURSE OF THE SCARAB.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...box. Inside was an Egyptian scarab ring of exquisite beauty...brilliant gold with a dark green scarab beetle at its centre whose folded...with it. Besides, she knew scarabs were believed by the Egyptians...end, she was convinced the scarab was cursed and that she had...
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Khepereru--scarabs; scarabs, scaraboids, and plaques from Egypt and the ancient Near East in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. (CD-ROM included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 528 words
; 9781892840042 Khepereru--scarabs; scarabs, scaraboids, and plaques from Egypt and the ancient Near...Maryland) may not have the most extensive collection of scarab (beetle-shaped) amulets and seals from ancient Egypt and the...
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Walker & Company.(Not Afraid Of Dogs)(Hop! Plop!)(The Scarab's Secret)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 6/1/2006; 627 words
; ...for them both? Nick Would's The Scarab's Secret (0802795617 $16.95...days of ancient Egypt where a tiny scarab beetle holds the key to the life of the...unusual first-person story from the scarab's viewpoint, which blends drama...
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Amateur archaeologists gather Members learn about origin of scarab found in King Tut's tomb
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 8/27/2007; ; 631 words
; ...Egyptian artisan fashioned the glass into a jewelry scarab, or desert beetle, for the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun. On Nov. 4...intrigued by the finding of the rare meteorite glass scarab in the pharoah's tomb. The glass is 25 percent...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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SCARABS EXALTED IN ANCIENT EGYPT.(Living)(Site-seeing)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 9/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...photo featuring 60 scarabs carved out of a...insects.org/ced2/beetles_ rel_sym.html...scientific look at the beetle's historic importance...for the role the scarab has played throughout...magical qualities the scarabs posess -- since...of the 60 carved beetles is used here ...
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Scarabs, cave drawings, Roman cuisine, and dirt.
Magazine article from: Dig; 7/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...body was wrapped in bandages, the heart scarab, an amulet carved to look like a large sacred beetle, was placed over the mummy's heart. It...heart was somehow lost. The underside of the scarab was inscribed with a chapter from the Book...
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scarab beetle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...A large group of scarab beetles are scavengers...as adults. These scarabs, called dung beetles, play an extremely...has few native dung beetle species, has imported...appearance of this beetle in great numbers on...associate the sacred scarab with resurrection...believed that ...
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scarab
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; n. (also scarab beetle or sacred scarab ) a large dung beetle ( Scarabaeus sacer...the smaller dung beetles and chafers, together...and rhinoceros beetles. ∎...the form of this beetle, sometimes depicted...
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beetle
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
beetle Insect characterized by...often brightly coloured. Beetles are usually stout-bodied...drying up by an exoskeleton . Beetles are the most numerous of...discovered. They include scarab beetles , ladybirds , and weevils...
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June beetle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
June beetle or May beetle, a blackish or mahogany-colored beetle of the scarab beetle family, widely distributed in North America...emerge as adults the following spring. June beetles are sometimes called cockchafers, a name used...
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Japanese beetle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Japanese beetle common name for a destructive beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab beetle family. Accidentally imported to the United...successful in controlling the spread of the beetle. Japanese beetles are classified in the phylum Arthropoda...
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