# carabus

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
2. A ground beetle of the genus Carabus.

## Etymology
From Latin carabus. The entomological sense is borrowed from translingual Carabus, from the same Latin source.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carabus