a. and sb. Ent. [ad. mod.L. lāmellicornis, f. L. lāmella thin plate + cornū horn.] A. adj. Belonging to the Lamellicornes of Latreille’s system or the modern group Lamellicornia of beetles, having antennæ characterized by a lamelliform club. B. sb. A lamellicorn beetle, as the dung-beetle, cockchafer, etc.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sci., etc. Lamellicorns.
1843. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., II. 314. The dung-chafers … and others of the lamellicorn beetles.
1871. Darwin, Desc. Man, I. xi. 399. We know that ants and certain lamellicorn beetles are capable of feeling an attachment for each other.
So Lamellicornate, -cornous adjs. = prec. adj.
1852. Th. Ross, Humboldt’s Trav., I. vii. 257. The Indians assured us that the guachara does not pursue … the lamellicornous insects.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lamellicornis … lamellicornate.
