Longicorn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Longicorn is an adjective meaning (zoology) Long-horned.
Meaning
(zoology) Long-horned.
More Meanings
- (zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former taxonomic insect group Longicornia, encompassing numerous beetles with long antennae. Some are now classified as Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
- (obsolete) One of the Longicornia, a former taxonomic insect group of long-horned beetles.
- (dated, still found in many vernacular names) Synonym of longhorn beetle.
Example Sentences
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.
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 previously undescribed and new to European cabinets.
Word Forms
- longicorns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beetles, longhorned, longicaudal, longicaudate, longirostral, longipennine.
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