lamellicorn

[ luh-mel-i-kawrn ]

adjective

1. having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
2. (of an antenna) having lamellate terminal segments.

noun

1. a lamellicorn beetle.

lamellicorn

/ ləˈmɛlɪˌkɔːn /

noun

1. any beetle of the superfamily Lamellicornia, having flattened terminal plates to the antennae: includes the scarabs and stag beetles

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Lamellicornia
2. designating antennae with platelike terminal segments

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamellicorn¹

1835–45; < New Latin lāmellicornis, equivalent to lāmelli- lamelli- + Latin -cornis horned ( corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix)

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamellicorn¹

C19: from New Latin Lamellicornia plate-horned (animals)

Example Sentences

Stag′-bee′tle, a genus of Lamellicorn beetles, nearly allied to the Scarabees, the males with large projecting mandibles; Stag′-dance, -part′y, a dance or party of men only; Stag′hound, a name applied both to the buck-hound and the Scottish deer-hound.

From Project Gutenberg

Rutela, rōō′te-la, n. a genus of lamellicorn beetles.

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Phyllophagous, fi-lof′a-gus, adj. feeding on leaves.—n. a member of the Phylloph′aga, a tribe of hymenopterous insects—the saw-flies: a group of lamellicorn beetles which are leaf-eaters—the chafers.

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If, again, we take a group, such, for instance, as the Lamellicorn beetles, we shall find larvæ extremely similar in form, yet very different in habits.

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The action does not cease until the aggressor is killed or runs away.491 The two sexes of another lamellicorn beetle, the Ateuchus cicatricosus live in pairs, and seem much attached to each other; the male excites the female to roll the balls of dung in which the ova are deposited; and if she is removed, he becomes much agitated.

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