English Explanatory Dictionary

rhinoceros beetle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.

Word forms

rhinoceros beetle rhinoceros beetles

Etymology

Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.

Related words

stag beetle
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