scarabaeoid
[skar-uh-bee-oid]
- resembling a scarab.
Show More
- an imitation or counterfeit scarab.
Show More
Origin of scarabaeoid
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for scarabaeoid
Historical Examples
The scarabaeoid in its turn is abandoned for the simple ring stone.
The scarabaeoid seals were worn as rings in Egypt apparently from the earliest times.
The scarabaeoid proper is a simplification of the scarab, effected by the omission of all details of the beetle.
Compare a cornelian fragment, apparently cut from the back of a scarabaeoid, now in the British Museum.
scarabaeoid
- Also: scaraboid (ˈskærəˌbɔɪd) of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- a former word for lamellicorn
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012