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Definition: Scarab |
ScarabNoun1. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scarab" was first used: 1579. (references) |
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Scarabs featured prominently in Egyptian art and Egyptian mythology. The scarab was seen as a symbol of life and rebirth. Stone versions of the scarab were often placed in the tombs of the pharaohs as a symbol of their rebirth into the afterlife, and jewelry with the beetle was often found in tombs as well. A scarab amulet was worn over the heart as a replacement heart in the afterlife (as the real heart was removed in the mummification process). Living Egyptians also wore stone scarabs as a symbol of protection for this life and the next.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scarab."
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Scarab beetles Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Genera The scarab is a type of beetle noted for rolling dung into spherical balls and pushing it, as well as its habit of laying its eggs in animal dung. The scarab was considered sacred to the Ancient Egyptians because it "mirrored the way the great god Ra rolled the sun across the sky each day" by rolling dung balls around.(Milne and Milne,1980) Because most of the scarab species work with dung they are commonly refered to as dung beetles.
Dung beetles live in many different habitats including: desert, farmland, forest, and grasslands. (Aisthorpe,2003) They do not like extremely cold or dry weather. (Aisthorpe, 2003) The only continent they can't be found on is Antartica. (Our Friend the Dung Beetle, 2001)
The majority of the dung beetle diet is dung. They will eat dung from a variety of animals as long as the animal is herbivorous. (Aisthorpe, 2003) Dung beetles also feed on mushrooms, leaves, and decaying matter. (Dung Beetle Mania, 2003) Dung beetles do not need to eat anything else because the dung provides all the nutrients; they don't even need to drink water. (Aisthorpe, 2003)
The dung beetle body consists of head, abdomen, and thorax. They have legs, located on the thorax, that are specialized for shoveling dung and rolling it along. (Dung Beetle Mania, 2003)
The dung beetle has complete metamorphosis. The female will lay an egg in a dung ball which will then be buried to protect it from erosion and predators. (Our Friend the Dung Beetle, 2001) During the larva stage the dung beetle will feed on the dung surrounding it. (Our Friend the Dung Beetle, 2001)
Sources
- Aisthorpe, Jill. July 2003. "Dung Beetles". http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au
- Miline, L.J. and Miline, M. 1980. Insect Worlds: A Guide for Man on Making the Most of His Evironment. Charles Scribner's Sons, United States and Canada, pp. 176-178
- August 2003. "Dung Beetle Mania". www.amonline.net.au/biodiversity/dungbeetle/more.what.htm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scarab beetle."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SCARAB | English | Submersible craft assisting repair and burial | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: ScarabSynonym: scarabaeus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Spell | Talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scarab |
| English words defined with "scarab": family Scarabaeidae ♦ Sacred beetle, Scarabaeidae, Scarabee, Scaraboid. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Scarab Murder Case (1936) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Egyptian gods shaped as the word "LIFE" with scarab and bird. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Scarab" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Scarab" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scarab": scarab-headed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "scarab"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bubuzhel. (various references) | |
Arabic | خنفسة سوداء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скарабей. (various references) | |
Chinese | 金龟子. (various references) | |
Czech | vruboun. (various references) | |
Dutch | scarabee. (various references) | |
French | scarabée. (various references) | |
German | Skarabäus. (various references) | |
Greek | κάνθαροσ (beetle), σκαραβαίοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חפושית פרע". (various references) | |
Hungarian | skarabeusz, ganajtúróbogár (muckworm). (various references) | |
Italian | scarabeo (scrabble). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 黄色虫 (scarab beetle), 黄金虫 (scarab beetle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "がねむし (scarab beetle). (various references) | |
Korean | '뎅이. (various references) | |
Manx | cliejeen caraigagh, caraig eoyllee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arabscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escaravelho (beetle, cockchafer, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug), escarabeu. (various references) | |
Russian | скарабей (dung-beetle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skarabej. (various references) | |
Spanish | escarabajo (beetle, chafer, chafers, scarabaeus). (various references) | |
Swedish | skarabe, skarabé. (various references) | |
Turkish | eski mısırda kutsal böcek, bokböceği (dor, dorbeetle, dung beetle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скарабей (scarabaeus). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | karabos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scarab": scarabaei, scarabaeus, scarabaeuses, scarabs. (additional references) | |
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"Scarab" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sacab, sacrab, Sarab, sarau, Sarba, Sarsby, Scabra, scara, scarabe, Scarabee, Scaraben, scaram, Scarbo, scarea, scareb, scarob, scarpa, Scarrib, Scatra, sceran, Schara, Sciara, Sciarra, Scira, Scorah, scrab, scrabo, sicario, Swaraj. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-r-s" | |
-1 letter: carbs, crabs, sabra, sacra. | |
-2 letters: abas, arbs, arcs, baas, bars, bras, cabs, carb, cars, casa, crab, scab, scar. | |
-3 letters: aas, aba, abs, arb, arc, ars, baa, bar, bas, bra, cab, car, ras, sab, sac. | |
-4 letters: aa, ab, ar, as, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-r-s" | |
+1 letter: scarabs. | |
+2 letters: abreacts, abstract, acrobats, arabicas, baccaras, barbasco, barchans, barracks, bearcats, berascal, brassica, cabarets, cabresta, carabaos, carabids, carabins, carbarns, carboras, labrusca, scabbard. | |
+3 letters: abrachias, abstracts, acerbates, albacores, ascorbate, baccarats, backwards, backwraps, backyards, bacterias, balancers, bankcards, barbascos, barbicans, barnacles, barrancas, barrancos, berascals, brachials, braciolas, braincase, brainiacs, brassicas, broadcast, cabrestas, cabrettas, cabrillas, capybaras, carabines, carbamyls, carbaryls, carnaubas, chambrays, cinnabars, crabgrass, crabmeats, drawbacks, graybacks, hardbacks, scabbards, scarabaei, vambraces. | |
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