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scissorial en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the cutting areas on the mandibles of Scarabaeoidea larvae (between the dentes and molar area).
[...] with small dorsomolar setae on base of molar area, one large caudolateral seta at scissorial notch and one large lateral seta on molar area[.]
1994, Giovanni Onore, Description of the immature stages of six species of Sphaenognathus, with comparative notes on phylogeny and natural history (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lucanidae), page 80:Left mandible slightly longer than right one, its scissorial part wider.
2018, S. A. Shabalin, Description of the larva of Acanthobodilus languidulus (Schmidt, 1916) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), page 4:Each mandible has two scissorial teeth and a proximal tooth, the mola.
2007, African Entomology, page 204: