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Meanings of scarab beetle in English
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Examples for "scarab"
Examples for "scarab"
1
The scarab behind my right eye scuttled forward for a better view.
2
The scarab Madge knew to be a beetle sacred to the Egyptians.
3
At the back of this head-dress are a scarab and a cartouche.
4
I will buy this scarab for an amulet against accident and evil.
5
Do you swear that the scarab was not hanging from his watch-guard?
1
Because the cetonia lives on roses; and of the holy scarabæus Herodotus tells us that he dies of the odour of roses.
2
In this cylinder I recognize eleven ganglia, one more than in the Cetonia.
3
Day by day the young Scolia's head penetrates farther into the Cetonia's belly.
4
The Two-banded Scolia is a fierce persecutor of the Cetonia.
5
I had no right to interfere, as these cetonias do not belong to me.
1
The three Beetles are Lamellicorns, Scarabaeidae.
2
But which of the Scarabaeidae?
3
We know that, in the Scarabaeidae, both the larva and the perfect insect are endowed with a concentrated nervous system.
4
In the same heap of mould is a swarming colony of Scarabaeidae in the form of larvae, nymphs and adult insects.
5
If I could at least identify the Scarabaeidae whose larvae form the prey of the two Scoliae, the problem would be half solved.
Usage of scarab beetle in English
1
Egyptian Creator scarab beetle associated with the dawn sun.
2
It is a scarab beetle, its shell a shimmering turquoise green, but ants are crawling out of it.
3
It was a scarab beetle.
4
Utset called the scarab beetle and gave him the sack of stars, telling him to pass out first with them.
5
He spotted a tiny scarab beetle, bright green and copper in color, rolling a sphere of dung across the trail.
6
The boy looked at the sands around him, and saw that, where his tears had fallen, a scarab beetle was scuttling through the sand.
7
Though anyone with a passing interest in Ancient Egypt will know the scarab beetle - a dung beetle elevated to the status of a god.
8
People often thought men like Ahmed didn't have desks, that they spent their lives out crawling around in the sand like some oversized scarab beetle.
9
The Goon badges, the red ones (above) with a scarab beetle on them, are designed to affect other badges as the goons pass conference attendees.
10
Several scarab beetles crawled out of the exposed orifices, plopped to the floor, and skittered about.
11
Even the scarab beetles had scuttled off.
12
Scarab beetles inhabit the fur near their elbows and behind their knees, and beetle larvae feed on their dung.
13
'I understood that Death came as a three-headed giant scarab beetle,' said the king.
14
During his time in the desert, he had learned that, in Egypt, the scarab beetles are a symbol of God.
15
Some three-toed sloths may carry over 120 moths One study found 980 scarab beetles living in the fur of a single sloth.
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