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

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

There is one curious example of a Longicorn mimicking a Longicorn, like the Papilios and Heliconidæ which mimic their own allies.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Eroschema poweri, a Longicorn from Australia, might certainly be taken for one of the same group, and several species from the Malay Islands are equally deceptive.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel

In fact the whole combination, except perhaps one Phytophagous, one Coprid and the Longicorn beetles, and the fly, fall under the hypothesis of Muller and not under that of Bates.

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

Bates, Mr. H.W. on instinct in wasps. on life under the equator. on the Longicorn Coleoptera of Chontales. on mimetic forms. on mimetic resemblances. on social birds. on wings of Morphos.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas