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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Origin of stag beetle
First recorded in 1675–85
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This structure you will find in the stag-beetle, and some other timber-devourers.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
Blue as hyacinth was one of his eyes, dark as a stag-beetle's back was the other.
The mandibles of the Stag-beetle were formerly employed in medicine, under the name of Horns of Scarabi.
Professor Bradley, of Cambridge, mentions the following remarkable instance of insect strength in a Stag-beetle.
The common dor-beetle, the cockchafer, the stag-beetle, and others supply us with illustrations of this.
Proverb LoreF. Edward Hulme
stag beetle
- any lamellicorn beetle of the family Lucanidae, the males of which have large branched mandibles
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