lamellicorn

Related to lamellicorn: lamellicorn beetle

la·mel·li·corn

L0029000 (lə-mĕl′ĭ-kôrn′)n. Any of numerous beetles of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, formerly Lamellicornia; a scarabaeoid.
[From New Latin Lāmellicornia, former superfamily name : lamelli- + Latin cornū, horn; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]
la·mel′li·corn′ adj.

lamellicorn

(ləˈmɛlɪˌkɔːn) n (Animals) any beetle of the superfamily Lamellicornia, having flattened terminal plates to the antennae: includes the scarabs and stag beetlesadj1. (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Lamellicornia2. (Zoology) designating antennae with platelike terminal segments[C19: from New Latin Lamellicornia plate-horned (animals)]

la•mel•li•corn

(ləˈmɛl ɪˌkɔrn)

adj. 1. having antennae that terminate in flattened knobs, as some beetles. n. 2. a lamellicorn beetle. [1835–45; < New Latin lāmellicornis; see lamelli-, -corn]