passalus
noun
pas·sa·lus
| \ ˈpasələs\
Definition of passalus
1
capitalized
: the type genus of the family Passalidae
2
plural -es
: any beetle of Passalus or a related genus
especially
: a flat shiny black gregarious bess-bug (Popilius disjunctus) of the southern U.S.
— called also horned passalus
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