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rhinoceros beetle

noun

  1. 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

  1. any of various scarabaeid beetles having one or more horns on the head, esp Oryctes rhinoceros , a serious pest on coconut plantations
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Origin of rhinoceros beetle1

First recorded in 1675–85
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The scientists measured various Walliserops specimens’ tridents and compared them with those of living rhinoceros beetles, which have elaborate headgear that males use to battle one another.

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Chances are good that you would be startled to find a rhinoceros beetle perched over your bed one night.

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We’d wake up early and catch rhinoceros beetles; we’d kick the tree trunks, making the sleeping insects fall to the ground.

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Weapons also are probably molded by the type of fighting and where it’s done—as borne out by work on the shapes of rhinoceros beetle horns by evolutionary biologist Erin McCullough.

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Instead they are beetles, just like ladybugs and rhinoceros beetles.

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