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rhinoceros beetle
noun
: any of various large chiefly tropical scarab beetles (subfamily Dynastinae) having projecting horns on thorax and head
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There's a beetle that walks on water, and there's a beetle, the rhinoceros beetle, is stronger than almost any other animal.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
New England resident captures one on camera Where do the coconut rhinoceros beetles come from?
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Coconut rhinoceros beetles were detected for the first time on islands statewide in subsequent months, while little fire ants caused serious concern on Oahu's windward coast.
—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
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.
—Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2019
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
New England resident captures one on camera Where do the coconut rhinoceros beetles come from?
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Coconut rhinoceros beetles were detected for the first time on islands statewide in subsequent months, while little fire ants caused serious concern on Oahu's windward coast.
—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
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.
—Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2019
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“Rhinoceros beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rhinoceros%20beetle. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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