RHINOCEROS BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhinoceros beetle mean? 

• RHINOCEROS BEETLE (noun)
  The noun RHINOCEROS BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts

  Familiarity information: RHINOCEROS BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINOCEROS BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rhinoceros beetle" is a kind of...):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)