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' says to put letters next to each other.
'egypt?' becomes 'rab' (I can't justify this - if you can 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" .)