rhinoceros beetle

English

a male Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), a rhinoceros beetle

Etymology

Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.

Noun

rhinoceros beetle (plural rhinoceros beetles)

1. Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.

Translations

tropical beetle

• Atayal: kingahul
• Bikol Central: song
• Catalan: escarabat rinoceront m
• French: scarabée rhinocéros (fr) m
• German: Nashornkäfer (de) m
• Japanese: カブトムシ (ja) (kabutomushi)
• Khmer: កញ្ចែ (km) (kɑñcae)
• Korean: 장수풍뎅이 (jangsupungdeng'i)
• Navajo: chéłchaaʼtsoh
• Russian: жук-носоро́г (ru) m (žuk-nosoróg)
• Turkish: gergedan böceği (tr)
• Welsh: chwilen ryncorniog f

See also

• stag beetle

References

• rhinoceros beetle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dynastinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dynastinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons