English Explanatory Dictionary

hornbug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

hornbug hornbugs

Etymology

From horn + bug.

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