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Definition: Stag tick
Stag 
\Stag\ (st[a^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. 
Steg.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The adult male of the red deer (
Cervus elaphus), a
large European species closely related to the American
elk, or wapiti.
(b) The male of certain other species of large deer.
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2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A castrated bull; -- called also 
bull stag, and 
bull seg
. See the Note under 
Ox.
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4. (Stock Exchange)
(a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
member of the exchange. [Cant]
(b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new
projects, with a view to sell immediately at a
premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]
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5. (Zo["o]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Stag beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
lamellicorn beetles belonging to 
Lucanus and allied
genera, especially 
Lucanus cervus of Europe and 
Lucanus dama
of the United States. The mandibles are large and
branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on
the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also 
horned bug,
and 
horse beetle.
Stag dance, a dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]
Stag hog (Zo["o]l.), the babiroussa.
Stag-horn coral (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
large branching corals of the genus 
Madrepora, which
somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
Madrepora cervicornis, and 
Madrepora palmata, of
Florida and the West Indies.
Stag-horn fern (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
(
Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched
like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), a common American shrub (
Rhus typhina
) having densely velvety branchlets. See 
Sumac.
Stag party, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
Stag tick (Zo["o]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
family 
Hippoboscid[ae], which lives upon the stag and is
usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
European grouse, but in that case has wings.
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