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scarabaeoid

Scarabaeoid vs Scarabaeid - What's the difference?

scarabaeoid | scarabaeid |


As an adjective scarabaeoid

is describing any lamellicorn beetle of the family scarabaeidae .

As a noun scarabaeid is

(zoology|entomology) any lamellicorn beetle of the family scarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).

Taxonomy vs Scarabaeoid - What's the difference?

taxonomy | scarabaeoid |


As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective scarabaeoid is

describing any lamellicorn beetle of the family scarabaeidae .

Scarabaeidae vs Scarabaeoid - What's the difference?

scarabaeidae | scarabaeoid |


As a proper noun scarabaeidae

is .

As an adjective scarabaeoid is

describing any lamellicorn beetle of the family scarabaeidae .

Beetle vs Scarabaeoid - What's the difference?

beetle | scarabaeoid |


As adjectives the difference between beetle and scarabaeoid

is that beetle is protruding, jutting, overhanging (as in beetle brows ) while scarabaeoid is describing any lamellicorn beetle of the family scarabaeidae .

As a noun beetle

is any of numerous species of insect in the order coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest or beetle can be a type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

As a verb beetle

is to move away quickly, to scurry away or beetle can be to loom over; to extend or jut or beetle can be to beat with a heavy mallet.

Lamellicorn vs Scarabaeoid - What's the difference?

lamellicorn | scarabaeoid |


As adjectives the difference between lamellicorn and scarabaeoid

is that lamellicorn is (zoology) having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects while scarabaeoid is describing any lamellicorn beetle of the family scarabaeidae .

As a noun lamellicorn

is a lamellicorn insect.