lamellicorn

[luh-mel-i-kawrn]

la·mel·li·corn

[luh-mel-i-kawrn] Entomology
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
3.
a lamellicorn beetle.

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Origin:
1835–45; < Neo-Latin lāmellicornis, equivalent to lāmelli- lamelli- + Latin -cornis horned (corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix)
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lamellicorn (ləˈmɛlɪˌkɔːn)
 
n
1.  any beetle of the superfamily Lamellicornia, having flattened terminal plates to the antennae: includes the scarabs and stag beetles
 
adj
2.  of, relating to, or belonging to the Lamellicornia
3.  designating antennae with platelike terminal segments
 
[C19: from New Latin Lamellicornia plate-horned (animals)]

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