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stag beetle

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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noun

Meaning 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.

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noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: lamellicorn beetle

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: brekazi — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Asturian: vacalloria — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Bulgarian: бръ́мбар рога́ч (brǎ́mbar rogáč) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Bulgarian: рогачка (rogačka) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Catalan: escanyapolls — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鍬形蟲 /锹形虫 (qiāoxíngchóng) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Czech: rohác — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Danish: eghjort — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Dutch: vliegend hert — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Dutch: hertkever — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Esperanto: cervoskarabo — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Esperanto: kornoskarabo — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Estonian: põderpõrnikas — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Finnish: kampasarvinen — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Finnish: tammihärkä — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • French: lucane — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • French: cerf-volant — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Galician: vacaloura — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Galician: escornabois — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • German: Hirschkäfer — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Hungarian: szarvasbogár — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Italian: cervo volante — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Japanese: クワガタムシ (kuwagatamushi) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Japanese: クワガタ (kuwagata) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Javanese: kuwangwung — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Korean: 하늘가재 (haneulgajae) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Korean: 사슴벌레 (saseumbeolle) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Latvian: briežvabole — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Lithuanian: elniaragis — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Lower Tanana: bedzeyh liga' — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Macedonian: бач (bač) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Navajo: kʼíneedlíshii adiłhashígíí — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Norman: dgiâbl'ye — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Okinawan: ハサン (hasan) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Polish: jelonek rogacz — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Portuguese: vacaloura — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Romanian: rădașcă — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Russian: жук-оле́нь (žuk-olénʹ) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Russian: рога́ч (rogáč) — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: јеленак — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: jelenak — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Slovak: rohac — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Spanish: ciervo volante — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Swedish: ekoxe — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Turkish: makaslıböcek — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Turkish: yereşeği — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Vietnamese: kẹp kìm — any large beetle in Lucanidae
  • Vietnamese: bọ kẹp kìm — any large beetle in Lucanidae