stag beetle

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

   Broaderlamellicorn beetle

   Part ofLucanidae

Questions about stag beetle

What does stag beetle mean?

stag beetle means "a kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers".

Is stag beetle a common word?

stag beetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.