Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag

    Hirschkäfer

    жук-оле́ньžuk-olénʹ, рога́чrogáč

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

  2. Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag

    Especially, the largest beetle in the UK, of species Lucanus cervus.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The stag beetle found a female.

  2. Male stag beetles fight for females.

  3. Male stag beetles fight over females.

  4. Male stag beetles wrestle over females.

  5. The stag beetle disappeared into the sky.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any large beetle in Lucanidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any large beetle in Lucanidae:

Forms

plural: stag beetles

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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