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

Again, in three species of the Lamellicorn genus Oryctes, we have a nearly parallel case.

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This is remarkable in some Lamellicorn beetles, as Anoplognathus Leach.

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In the Lamellicorn beetles they are remarkable for their great length.

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Anthobian: feeding on flowers; applied to certain lamellicorn Coleoptera in which the labium extends beyond the mentum.

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

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