0 a type of large beetle (= an insect with a hard shell-like back):
1 a small object or jewel (= precious stone) in the shape of a beetle (= an insect with a hard shell-like back), from ancient Egypt:
In the tomb she finds a chest containing scarabs with inscriptions on them.
The ancient Egyptians used flourite to carve statues and scarabs.
Scarab beetles keep the forest healthy by mixing and aerating the soil.
She received old weavings from Peruvian kids, small white beads from Kenya, and a sacred scarab from Egypt.
He had already acquired a notable collection of scarabs from Deir el-Balah.
The ancient Egytians placed a scarab over the heart with an inscription that instructs the heart not to act as a hostile witness when he is judged in the next world.
Speciation and mating barriers form a theme in the chapter on scarab beetle pheromones.
Dominant prey were caterpillars (33% of prey biomass), and other herbivores including crickets, katydids, scarab beetles and phasmids.
