scarab

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  1. noun A scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
  2. noun A representation of this beetle, such as a ceramic or stone sculpture or a cut gem, used in ancient Egypt as a talisman and a symbol of the soul. Also called scarabaeus.

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  • He stared and felt a cold chill race down his spine The sign of the scarab was gone Chapter III. —  093 - The Awful Dynasty
  • Take that sign of the scarab, the death of his manservant, Jo And the attack by the two, ugly-looking fellows in the cab! —  093 - The Awful Dynasty
  • "Lo...look!" she cried The scarab--the fat, ugly-looking beetle--was on the palm of Anthony Bascom's outflung hand. —  093 - The Awful Dynasty
  • Almost entirely through the ancient Egyptian dynasties runs evidence that the scarab was a holy symbol They looked at the jewel-and-gold scarabs again, and so awe-inspiring was the sight that silence fell again. —  067 - The Red Terrors
  • The story is about two imposters who go to Blandings Castle with the intention of recovering a valuable scarab which dotty Lord Emsworth unknowingly obtained from a dyspeptic American millionaire. —  Harry Potter's Page :: Feed Your Harry Potter Addiction ::
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  1. French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus, from Greek karabos, crab, beetle.

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  1. Formerly also scarabe; also scarabee, from French scarabée = Provencal escaravai = Spanish escarabajo = Portuguese escarabeo, scaraveo (also diminutive escaravelho) = Italian scarabeo, from Latin scarabæus, a beetle; cf. Greek κάραβος, variant καράβιος, καράμβιοσ, σ2, καραβίς, a horned beetle, stag-beetle, also a kind of crab; Sanskrit çarabha, çalabha, a locust. The Greek forms *σκαράβειος, *σκάραβος, commonly cited, are not authentic
 

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