hornbug

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Lucanus (beetle)

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Lucanus

Etymology edit

horn +‎ bug

Noun edit

hornbug (plural hornbugs)

(dated) Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

References edit

“hornbug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“hornbug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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