scarabaeoid

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scarabaeoid (adjective; Latin scarabaeus, beetle; Greek eidos, like): 1. Scarab-like.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Coleoptera, a member of the Scarabaeoidea; third and fourth instar larva of the Meloidae, the blister beetles.