longicorn

American  

[lon-ji-kawrn] / ˈlɒn dʒɪˌkɔrn /

adjective

1. having long antennae.

2. belonging or pertaining to the Cerambycidae, comprising the long-horned beetles.

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noun

1. long-horned beetle.

longicorn British  

/ ˈlɒndʒɪˌkɔːn /

noun

1. Also called: longicorn beetle.   long-horned beetle.  any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae

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adjective

1. zoology having or designating long antennae

Etymology

Origin of longicorn

1840–50; < New Latin longicornis long-horned, equivalent to longi- longi- + corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Longicorn -ia: having the antennae as long or longer than the body; specifically the Cerambycid beetles.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Bates has enumerated 242 of these in a paper "On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Chontales, Nicaragua," published in the "Transactions of the Entomological Society" for 1872.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

These details tell us of three years of larval existence, a duration of life frequent in the Longicorn series.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Longicorn beetles, difference of the sexes of, in colour; stridulation of.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Many Longicorn beetles mimic these in colour, slender shape of body and limbs, rapid movements, and the readiness with which they take to flight.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)