FAMILY LUCANIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Lucanidae mean? 

• FAMILY LUCANIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY LUCANIDAE has 1 sense:

1. stag beetles

  Familiarity information: FAMILY LUCANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY LUCANIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stag beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lucanidae; Lucanidae

Hypernyms ("family Lucanidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Lucanidae"):

stag beetle (a kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers)

Holonyms ("family Lucanidae" is a member of...):

Lamellicornia; superfamily Lamellicornia (scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles)