longicorn

[ lon-ji-kawrn ]

adjective

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

noun

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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How to use longicorn in a sentence

Many longicorn beetles in the tropics exactly mimic wasps, bees, or ants.
Darwinism (1889) | Alfred Russel Wallace
longicorn -ia: having the antennae as long or longer than the body; specifically the Cerambycid beetles.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smith
(longicorn) mimics Pachyrhynchus orbifae, (b) (a hard curculio).
Darwinism (1889) | Alfred Russel Wallace
This curiously marked longicorn comes near Ceraegidion boisduval.
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. | J Lort Stokes
Beetles of the longicorn tribe abound here; and to-day I have filled a box with more than a thousand new or rare insects.
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 2 of 2) | Henri Mouhot

British Dictionary definitions for longicorn

longicorn

/ (ˈlɒndʒɪˌkɔːn) /

noun

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

adjective

zoology having or designating long antennae

Origin of longicorn

C19: from New Latin longicornis long-horned

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