資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf.
   F. scarab['e]e.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the
   genus {Scarab[ae]us}, or family {Scarab[ae]id[ae]},
   especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarab[ae]us
   sacer}, and {S. Egyptiorum}).