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goliath beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
go-liath bee-tle
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very large cetoniid beetle of the genus Goliathus.

Etymology

After the Biblical giant Goliath.

Inflected Forms

Goliath beetles (plural)

Questions

What does goliath beetle mean?
A very large cetoniid beetle of the genus Goliathus.
Where does goliath beetle come from?
After the Biblical giant Goliath.

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