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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HORNBUG
HORNBUG
Horn
"
bug
`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A
large
nocturnal
beetle
of
the
genus
Lucanus (
as
L. capreolus,
and
L.
dama
),
having
long,
curved
upper
jaws,
resembling
a
sickle.
The
grubs
are
found
in
the
trunks
of
old
trees.