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Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scarab

'sacred beetle of ancient egypt' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for scarab that I've seen before include "crawler" , "Dung beetle - ancient Egyptian cut gem" , "Large dung beetle" , "Holy beetle" , "Egyptian stone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the Universal, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Telegraph.
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