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

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This curiously marked longicorn comes near Ceraegidion boisduval.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by John Lort Stokes

Another fine longicorn, figured in Plate 25, Deliathis nivea, looks as if made of pure white porcelain spotted with black.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt

Many longicorn beetles in the tropics exactly mimic wasps, bees, or ants.

From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace

The adult is a longicorn beetle, of slender, cylindrical form, over one-half inch in length and about one-eighth of an inch in width.

From The Pecan and its Culture by H. Harold (Hardrada Harold) Hume

On the fallen branches and logs I obtained many longicorn beetles; the woodcutters brought me many more, and from this valley were obtained some of the rarest and finest species in my collection.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt