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Definition of Lamellicorn beetle
1. Noun. Beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments.
Group relationships: Lamellicornia, Superfamily Lamellicornia
Specialized synonyms: Scarabaean, Scarabaeid, Scarabaeid Beetle, Stag Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamellicorn Beetle
Literary usage of Lamellicorn beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our insect enemies by Theodore Wood (1885)
"... "—Its beauty—Life-history—How to recognise a lamellicorn beetle — Wireworms
and their ... lamellicorn beetle ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... a form of crane of exceptional power. goliath-beetle (gô-lï'ath-bë'tl), и.
A huge ce- tonian lamellicorn beetle of the genus Golin- thus, ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"... variabilis is another lamellicorn beetle, the larva of which feeds upon the
wood of the oak. It is occasionally found in Windsor Forest, but is of great ..."
4. Farm Friends and Farm Foes: A Text-book of Agricultural Science by Clarence Moores Weed (1910)
"lamellicorn beetle In both its adult and its larval condition, the May Beetle or
June Bug is only too familiar to most people. From the advent of the first ..."
5. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"... continually pushing him on from behind ; and the battle lasts until the
aggressor is killed or runs away.70 The two sexes of another lamellicorn beetle, ..."
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