rhinoceros beetle

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rhinoceros beetle

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Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.

noun rhinoceros beetles

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

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noun tropical beetle

한국어장수풍뎅이 jangsupungdeng'i
日本語カブトムシ kabutomushi
Portuguêsbesouro-rinoceronte
Françaisscarabée rhinocéros
DeutschNashornkäfer, Riesenkäfer
Русскийжук-носоро́г žuk-nosoróg

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@misc{rhinoceros_beetle_2026,
  title = {rhinoceros beetle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhinoceros%20beetle},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}