Definition of Longicorn

1. Noun. Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae.

Exact synonyms: Long-horned Beetle, Longicorn Beetle
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

1. Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. One of the Longicornia. Origin: L. Longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. Longicorne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longicorn

longhand
longhands
longhauling
longhead
longheaded
longheaded thimbleweed
longheadedness
longheads
longheld
longhorn
longhorn beetle
longhorn beetles
longhorns
longhouse
longhouses
longicorn (current term)
longicorn beetle
longicornia
longicorns
longies
longilateral
longiloquence
longiloquent
longimanous
longimetry
longing
longingly
longings
longinquity
longipalp

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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