rhinoceros beetle

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What does rhinoceros beetle mean?

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

Where does rhinoceros beetle come from?

Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.

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