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.

Origin of lamellicorn

1
1835–45; <New Latin lāmellicornis, equivalent to lāmelli-lamelli- + Latin -cornis horned (corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix)

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British Dictionary definitions for lamellicorn

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

Origin of lamellicorn

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

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