longicorn
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longicorn
Where it comes from
From Latin longus (“long”) + cornu (“horn”). Compare French longicorne.
adjective
- Long-horned.
- Of or relating to the former taxonomic insect group Longicorniahttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Longicornia, encompassing numerous beetles with long antennae. Some are now classified as Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). I must name Mr. F. P. Pascoe, late President of the Entomological Society of London, who had almost completed the classification and description of my large collection of Longicorn beetles (now in his possession), comprising more than a thousand species, of which at least nine hundred were previousl
noun longicorns
- One of the Longicorniahttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Longicornia, a former taxonomic insect group of long-horned beetles. Mr. William Wilson Saunders has kindly allowed me to figure the curious horned flies; and to Mr. Pascoe I am indebted for a loan of two of the very rare Longicorns which appear in the plate of Bornean beetles.
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Synonym of longhorn beetle.
Similar: longhorn beetle
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