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lamellicorn definition

lamelli·corn (-kôrn′)

adjective

  1. ending in flattened plates: said of the antennae of some beetles
  2. having such antennae: said of various beetles

Etymology: < ModL lamellicornis < lamelli- + L cornu, horn

noun

a lamellicorn beetle, as a scarab beetle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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