escarbot
French
Etymology
From Old French escharbot, from Latin scarabaeus (with the suffix -ot added), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle, crayfish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.bo/
Related terms
Adjective
escarbot (feminine escarbote, masculine plural escarbots, feminine plural escarbotes)
- (relational) dung beetle
Further reading
- “escarbot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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