Definition of Dynastes
: a genus (the type of the family Dynastidae) of large chiefly tropical lamellicorn beetles having large mandibles and commonly greatly elongated pointed processes on the head and prothorax of the males — see rhinoceros beetle
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Origin and Etymology of dynastes
New Latin, from Latin, dynast
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