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LONGHORN

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Long⋅horn

[lawng-hawrn, long-]
–noun
1. (lowercase) Texas longhorn.
2. Slang. a Texan.
3. (lowercase) long-horned beetle.
4. one of a nearly extinct English breed of beef cattle having long horns.

Origin:
1825–35; long 1 + horn

long-horned beetle

[lawng-hawrnd, long-]
–noun
any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees.
Also called longhorn.


Origin:
1830–40
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long·horn   (lông'hôrn', lŏng'-)   
n.  
  1. Any of a breed of cattle with long horns, formerly bred in great numbers in the southwest United States.

  2. A variety of Cheddar cheese molded into a long cylinder.

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