different between scarabaeoid vs scarabaeid

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scarabaeoid (not comparable)

Resembling a scarab.
1. (jewelry, archaeology) Resembling a scarab in form, but without being made to look like a beetle.
(obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.
(entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.

scarabaeoid (plural scarabaeoids)

From Ancient Greek ??????? (kárabos, “horned beetle”), via Latin scarabaeus.

scarabaeid (plural scarabaeids)

(zoology, entomology) Any beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).

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