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stag-beetle

stag-beetle is the alternative form of stag beetle.

Meaning of stag beetle

Noun

stag beetle (plural stag beetles)

  1. Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag
    1. especially, the largest beetle in the UK, of species Lucanus cervus.

Forms of stag-beetle

pluralstag-beetles

Questions about stag-beetle

What is stag-beetle the alternative form of?
Stag-beetle is the alternative form of stag beetle.

Words near stag-beetle in the dictionary

  1. stag party
  2. stag weekend
  3. stag weekends
  4. stag's horn
  5. stag's-horn clubmoss
  6. stag-beetle
  7. stag-beetles
  8. stag-evil
  9. stag-headed
  10. stag-headedness
  11. stag-horned

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