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Dorcus parallelus is the Latin equivalent of 'antelope beetle'. In the word by word translation, the masculine gender noun 'dorcus' comes from the Greek feminine gender noun 'dorkas', which means 'gazelle'. The adjective 'parallelus' comes from the Greek 'parallelos', which means 'beside one another'. So the antelope beetle is something that's 'beside the antelope'.

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