lamellicorn
Americanadjective
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having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
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(of an antenna) having lamellate terminal segments.
noun
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or belonging to the Lamellicornia
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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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We know that ants and certain lamellicorn beetles are capable of feeling an attachment for each other, and that ants recognise their fellows after an interval of several months.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
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 Smith, John. B.
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
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