stag beetle
any of numerous lamellicorn beetles of the family Lucanidae, some of the males of which have mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag.
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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 ColeridgeThe toy called a kite is in French cerf volant, flying stag, a name also applied to the stag-beetle, and in Ger.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest WeekleyA little boy called Bell possessed the stag beetle which was the favourite for the coming races.
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches | Maurice BaringA large stag-beetle was crawling laboriously across the dressing-table.
Jungle Folk | Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for stag beetle
any lamellicorn beetle of the family Lucanidae, the males of which have large branched mandibles
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