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rhinoceros beetle

noun

Definition of rhinoceros beetle

: any of various large chiefly tropical scarab beetles (subfamily Dynastinae) having projecting horns on thorax and head

Illustration of rhinoceros beetle

Illustration of rhinoceros beetle

First Known Use of rhinoceros beetle

1681, in the meaning defined above

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