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scapulimancy
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scarabaeid
scar·a·bae·id [ skàrrə b id ] (plural scar·a·bae·ids) or scar·a·bae·an [ skàrrə b ən ]


noun 
Definition:
 
insects 
Same as  scarab (sense 1)

[Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Scarabaeidae< Latin scarabaeus (see scarab)]
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