Big beetle destroying South Carolina – one from Egypt? (4)
I believe the answer is:
arab
'big beetle destroying south carolina' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'one from egypt?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'egypt?' becomes 'rab' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'rab'='ARAB'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arab that I've seen before include "Fine horse breed" , "race" , "Qatari or Omani, say" , "Small, lively breed of horse" , "One from the Middle East, say" .)