longicorn

[ lon-ji-kawrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

longicorn

/ ˈlɒndʒɪˌkɔːn /

Also calledlongicorn beetlelong-horned beetle any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae

1840–50; < New Latin longicornis long-horned, equivalent to longi- longi- + corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix

C19: from New Latin longicornis long-horned

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

Longicorn -ia: having the antennae as long or longer than the body; specifically the Cerambycid beetles.

(Longicorn) mimics Pachyrhynchus orbifae, (b) (a hard curculio).

This curiously marked longicorn comes near Ceraegidion boisduval.

Beetles of the longicorn tribe abound here; and to-day I have filled a box with more than a thousand new or rare insects.

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