STAG BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stag beetle mean? 

• STAG BEETLE (noun)
  The noun STAG BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. a kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers

  Familiarity information: STAG BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAG BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stag beetle" is a kind of...):

lamellicorn beetle (beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments)

Holonyms ("stag beetle" is a member of...):

family Lucanidae; Lucanidae (stag beetles)