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scarabaeoid

[ skar-uh-bee-oid ]

adjective

  1. resembling a scarab.


noun

  1. an imitation or counterfeit scarab.

scarabaeoid

/ ˌæəˈːɔɪ /

adjective

  1. DzǾˈæəˌɔɪ of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
  2. a former word for lamellicorn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scarabaeoid1

First recorded in 1885–90; scarabae(us) + -oid
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The scarabaeoid in its turn is abandoned for the simple ring stone.

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Compare a cornelian fragment, apparently cut from the back of a scarabaeoid, now in the British Museum.

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A chalcedony scarabaeoid from Greece, in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, with a lady at her toilet, attended by her maid.

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The scarabaeoid proper is a simplification of the scarab, effected by the omission of all details of the beetle.

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The scarabaeoid form does not occur in Etruscan deposits.

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