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rhinoceros beetle
noun
- any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
rhinoceros beetle
noun
- any of various scarabaeid beetles having one or more horns on the head, esp Oryctes rhinoceros , a serious pest on coconut plantations
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of rhinoceros beetle1
Example Sentences
The scientists measured various Walliserops specimens鈥 tridents and compared them with those of living rhinoceros beetles, which have elaborate headgear that males use to battle one another.
Chances are good that you would be startled to find a rhinoceros beetle perched over your bed one night.
We鈥檇 wake up early and catch rhinoceros beetles; we鈥檇 kick the tree trunks, making the sleeping insects fall to the ground.
Weapons also are probably molded by the type of fighting and where it鈥檚 done鈥攁s borne out by work on the shapes of rhinoceros beetle horns by evolutionary biologist Erin McCullough.
Instead they are beetles, just like ladybugs and rhinoceros beetles.
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