一種把糞便滾成球，並且產卵於糞球中的蜣螂。神聖金龜在古埃及時期被視為一種神聖的甲蟲，與清晨太陽神「開普立神」所彰顯的神性有所淵源。開普立神的名字即為聖甲蟲的象形符號。古埃及人相信破曉時，開普立神會在東方的地平線上方滾動旭日。

蜣螂(種)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
神聖金龜 (,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,,)
糞金龜(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
虼螂(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
蛣蜣(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
轉丸(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
屎蚵蜋(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
ch'iang lang (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
qiāng láng (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
qiang lang (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Scarabaeus sacer(species)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,L,N)
Scarabaeus sacer(species)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,N)
scarab beetles(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)
scarab beetle(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)
sacred scarabs(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
scarabs(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................動物界 (界)
....................節肢動物門 (門)
........................六足綱 (亞門)
............................昆蟲綱 (綱)
................................鞘翅目 (目)
....................................金龜子科 (科)
........................................牛糞金龜屬 (屬)
............................................蜣螂 (種)

is basis of....

聖甲蟲形雕飾物(雕塑)

英文....	Members of a species of dung beetle that lays its eggs in dung balls fashioned through rolling. This beetle considered sacred in ancient Egypt; it was associated with the divine manifestation of the early morning sun, Khepri, whose name was written with the scarab hieroglyph and who was believed to roll the disk of the morning sun over the eastern horizon at daybreak.

蜣螂(種)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 August 13, 2012
.................	教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 August 13, 2012
Scarabaeus sacer(species)............	[VP]
.................	Animal Diversity Web (1995-) accessed 12 October 2008
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2008
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2008
scarab beetles............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
scarab beetle............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
sacred scarabs............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
scarabs(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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聯合目錄： 蜣螂 、神聖金龜 、糞金龜 、虼螂 、蛣蜣 、轉丸 、屎蚵蜋 、ch'iang lang 、qiāng láng 、qiang lang 、Scarabaeus sacer 、scarab beetles 、scarab beetle 、sacred scarabs 、scarabs 、Scarabaeus sacer