lamellicorn

American  

[luh-mel-i-kawrn] / ləˈmɛl ɪˌkɔrn /

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.

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noun

1. a lamellicorn beetle.

lamellicorn British  

/ ləˈmɛlɪˌkɔːn /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Lamellicornia

2. designating antennae with platelike terminal segments

Etymology

Origin of lamellicorn

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

Example Sentences

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lamellicorn

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.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

In the same manner as bright colours have often been partially transferred from the males to the females, so it has been with the extraordinary horns of many lamellicorn and some other beetles.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin

From the reasons assigned in the last chapter, it is probable that the great horns of the males of many lamellicorn, and some other beetles, have been acquired as ornaments.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin

The Indians assured us that the Guacharo does not pursue either the lamellicorn insects, or those phalænæ which serve as food to the goat-suckers. 

From At Last by Charles Kingsley

Pleurostict: lamellicorn beetles in which the abdominal spiracles are situated on the dorsal portion of the ventral sclerites.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith