stag beetle


noun
  1. any of numerous lamellicorn beetles of the family Lucanidae, some of the males of which have mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag.

Origin of stag beetle

1
First recorded in 1675–85

Words Nearby stag beetle

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How to use stag beetle in a sentence

  • As long as a weaver's beam was each of her two shins, and they were as dark as the back of a stag-beetle.

  • The hirschkfer (stag-beetle) in its worm state makes its bed-chamber, prior to its metamorphosis, half as long as itself.

    Anima Poet | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The toy called a kite is in French cerf volant, flying stag, a name also applied to the stag-beetle, and in Ger.

  • A little boy called Bell possessed the stag beetle which was the favourite for the coming races.

  • A large stag-beetle was crawling laboriously across the dressing-table.

    Jungle Folk | Douglas Dewar

British Dictionary definitions for stag beetle

stag beetle

noun
  1. any lamellicorn beetle of the family Lucanidae, the males of which have large branched mandibles

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