rhinoceros beetle

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rhinoceros beetle

noun

Definition of RHINOCEROS BEETLE

: any of various large chiefly tropical scarab beetles (subfamily Dynastinae) having projecting horns on thorax and head

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First Known Use of RHINOCEROS BEETLE

1681

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