Mark left by a wound and by foreparts of beetle (6)
I believe the answer is:
scarab
'beetle' is the definition.
(I know that scarab is a type of dung beetle)
'mark left by a wound and by foreparts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'mark' could be 'scar' (mark left by an injury) and 'scar' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'b' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scarab that I've seen before include "Beetle revered by ancient Egyptians" , "Sacred dung-beetle" , "Dung beetle - ancient Egyptian cut gem" , "Holy beetle" , "old lucky charm" .)