lamellicorn

lamellicorn
/leuh mel"i kawrn'/, Entomol.
adj.
1. having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
2. (of an antenna) having lamellate terminal segments.
n.
3. a lamellicorn beetle.
[1835-45; < NL lamellicornis, equiv. to lamelli- LAMELLI- + L -cornis horned (corn(u) HORN + -is adj. suffix)]

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