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longicorn

[lon-ji-kawrn]Entomology
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adjective
  1. having long antennae.
  2. belonging or pertaining to the Cerambycidae, comprising the long-horned beetles.
noun
  1. long-horned beetle.

Origin of longicorn

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

Historical Examples

  • But no other genus of Longicorn, so far as I am aware, practises this craft.

    The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles

    Jean Henri Fabre

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

  • If I had stopped to guess I would probably have considered the author a longicorn beetle or some fiddling orthopter.

    Edge of the Jungle

    William Beebe

  • Beetles of the longicorn tribe abound here; and to-day I have filled a box with more than a thousand new or rare insects.

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

British Dictionary definitions for longicorn

longicorn

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
adjective
  1. zoology having or designating long antennae

Word Origin

C19: from New Latin longicornis long-horned
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