Definition of Lamellicorn

1. a. Having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.

Definition of Lamellicorn

1. Adjective. (zoology) Having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. ¹

2. Adjective. (zoology) Terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of antennæ. ¹

3. Noun. A lamellicorn insect. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lamellicorn

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lamellicorn

1. Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; said of certain coleopterous insects. Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; said of antennae. A lamellicorn insect. Origin: Lamella + L. Cornu a horn: cf. F. Lamellicorne. See Lamella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamellicorn

lamellar mixture
lamellar phase
lamellar trama
lamellary
lamellas
lamellate
lamellate placentation
lamellated
lamellated corpuscles
lamellately
lamellibranch
lamellibranchiata
lamellibranchiate
lamellibranchiates
lamellibranchs
lamellicorn (current term)
lamellicorn beetle
lamellicornia
lamellicorns
lamelliferous
lamelliform
lamellipedian
lamellipedians
lamellipodia
lamellipodial
lamellipodium
lamellirostral
lamellirostres
lamellophone
lamellophones

Literary usage of Lamellicorn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"Descriptions of two apparently new Species of lamellicorn Beetles. By ADAM WHITE, Assistant Zool. Dep. Brit. Mus. ..."

2. The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and by G. Kauschinger, Hermann Heinrich von Fürst (1893)
"... also attacks Silver fir in much the same way, but occurs less frequently and in much smaller numbers. C. lamellicorn OR ..."

3. Our insect enemies by Theodore Wood (1885)
"... "—Its beauty—Life-history—How to recognise a lamellicorn beetle — Wireworms and their ... lamellicorn ..."

4. A Manual for the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"It is this character that suggests the name lamellicorn beetles. ... THE lamellicorn SCAVENGERS. The lamellicorn scavengers in both the larval and adult ..."

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