Dynastidan

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dynastidan \Dy*nas"ti*dan\, n. [Gr. ?, fem. of ?. See {Dynast}.
     The name alludes to the immense size of some species.]
     (Zool.)
     One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including
     {Dynastus Neptunus}, and the {Hercules beetle} ({Dynastus
     Hercules}) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches


     in length.
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