longicorn

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lon′ji kôrn′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
lon•gi•corn  (lon′ji kôrn′),USA pronunciation [Entomol.]
adj. 
  1. Insectshaving long antennae.
  2. Insectsbelonging or pertaining to the Cerambycidae, comprising the long-horned beetles.

n. 
  1. InsectsSee long-horned beetle. 
  • Neo-Latin longicornis long-horned, equivalent. to longi- longi- + corn(ū) horn + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
  • 1840–50

'longicorn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
corn - longi-

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