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Definition of Longicorn
1. Noun. Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Cerambycidae, Family Cerambycidae
Specialized synonyms: Sawyer, Sawyer Beetle
Definition of Longicorn
1. a. Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.
Definition of Longicorn
1. Adjective. (zoology) Long-horned. ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) Of or relating to the Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). ¹
3. Noun. One of the Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Longicorn
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Longicorn
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Longicorn
Literary usage of Longicorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The longicorn larvas live chiefly in the wood of broad-leaved trees, and mostly
attack sickly or unsound ... The large Poplar longicorn, Cerambyx (Saperda) ..."
2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"longicorn beetles are rare as a rule in the British Isles, and most of the species
found are small and of little or no economic importance. ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1846)
"Descriptions of four apparently new Species of longicorn Beetles in the Collection
of the British Museum. By AHAM WHITE, MES, Assistant in the Zoological ..."
4. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"Any good cement, each as that used for repairing insects, may be employed to
fasten the blown skin to the wire. NOTES ON TWO longicorn BEETLES AFFECTING ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1892)
"Mr. Manger, a longicorn taken fifty miles at sea on' Borneo, and said it would
be interesting to know how they carried their antennae in flight ..."
6. ... Report of the United States Entomological Commission by United States Entomological commission (1883)
"UNKNOWN longicorn LARVA IN THE SYCAMORE. PL X, Fig. 2. ... 8, represents a
longicorn chrysalis, taken from under the bark of the same sycamore tree as the ..."
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