Scarabaeidae
plural noun
Scar·a·bae·i·dae
| \ -ēəˌdē\
Definition of Scarabaeidae
: a family of stout-bodied lamellicorn beetles now usually restricted to beetles (as the tumblebugs or scarabaeus) of subsocial habits that feed on dung but sometimes especially formerly extended to include the plant-feeding rhinoceros beetles, flower beetles, leaf chafers and others that are usually placed in separate families — compare cetoniidae , dung beetle, melolonthidae, rutelinidae
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