Usage of "Scarabaeus sacer"

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Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.

Synonyms

Examples for "scarab"

Examples for "scarab"

The scarab behind my right eye scuttled forward for a better view. 
 Drood: a novel 

The scarab Madge knew to be a beetle sacred to the Egyptians. 
 Madge Morton's Secret 

At the back of this head-dress are a scarab and a cartouche. 
 The Spell of Egypt 

I will buy this scarab for an amulet against accident and evil. 
 An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight 

Do you swear that the scarab was not hanging from his watch-guard? 
 The Vanishing Man: A Detective Romance 

The man caught the object, a ring of gold, containing a scarabaeus. 
 Out of the Triangle: A Story of the Far East 

And in it we beheld glistening the green jasper of the stolen scarabaeus. 
 Three John Silence Stories 

That is the reason the scarabaeus has no eyes, so the old ones say. 
 Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest 

Nothing should tempt me to part with that scarabaeus. 
 The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na... 

There were picked up also, more than a dozen replicas in bronze of the whilom sacred scarabaeus. 
 The Beetle: A Mystery 

Translations for Scarabaeus sacer

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Meanings of Scarabaeus sacer in inglés