noun
scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles
• Syn: ↑superfamily Lamellicornia
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑lamellicorn beetle, ↑Scarabaeidae, ↑family Scarabaeidae, ↑Lucanidae, ↑family Lucanidae
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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkȯrnēə\ noun plural capitalized : 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.