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LAMELLICORN BEETLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lamellicorn beetle" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lamellicorn beetle"):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

stag beetle (a kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers)

Holonyms ("lamellicorn beetle" is a member of...):

Lamellicornia; superfamily Lamellicornia (scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles)

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