Lamellicornia

plural noun

La·​mel·​li·​cor·​nia

: a superfamily or other group of beetles that are distinguished by 5-jointed tarsi and by having three or more of the terminal segments of the antennae expanded into flattened plates which give the antennae a club-shaped appearance and that include the stag beetles, dung beetles, leaf beetles, and related forms see scarabaeoidea

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lamell- + Latin -cornia, neuter plural of -cornis -corn

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