stag beetle

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noun

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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Origin of stag beetle

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby stag beetle

staffrider, Staffs, staff sergeant, staff sergeant major, stag, stag beetle, stage, stage brace, stage business, stagecoach, stagecraft

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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 Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga|Various
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.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
A 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 Baring

A large stag-beetle was crawling laboriously across the dressing-table.
Jungle Folk|Douglas Dewar

British Dictionary definitions for stag beetle

stag beetle

noun

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

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