lamellicornia

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A suborder of Coleoptera which have the fourth and fifth tarsal joints not connate, the first ventral segment visible for its entire breadth, the antennæ with a lamellate club whoso apposed surfaces have a very delicate sensitive structure, and the legs fossorial. The antennæ, which are short and deeply inserted under the sides of the head, are lamelliferous, the last three joints making a lamelliform club (pectinated in Lucanidæ, whence the name Pectinicornia for this family). The lamellicorns are herbivorous, and very rich in species, of which there are more than 7,000, among them the largest and some of the most splendid beetles known. The leading families are Searabæidæ and Lucanidæ.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles