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lucanid, a. and n.|luːˈkeɪnɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Lucanidæ, f. generic name Lucanus (J. A. Scopoli Entomologia Carniolica (1763) 1), f. L. Lūcānus Lucanian, f. Lucania (see prec.).]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a stag-beetle of the family Lucanidæ.
B. n. A member of this family.
1925A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. 512 Lucanid larvae inhabit the rotting wood of trees or their roots. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth vii. 208 A peculiarly interesting example..is provided by the Lucanid beetle Cyclommatus tarandus, with markedly heterogonic male mandibles. 1959E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Is. II. 115 While not having the extraordinarily developed mandibles of male Lucanids, there is in the present family [sc. Scarabæidæ] a great complexity of ‘outgrowth-horns’. |