longicorn

From Latin longus (“long”) + cornu (“horn”). Compare French longicorne.

longicorn

1. (zoology) Long-horned.
2. (zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Longicornia, an obsolete group of insects. Some are now classified as Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).

longicorn (plural longicorns)

1. (obsolete) One of the Longicornia, an obsolete group of long-horned beetles
2. (dated, still found in many vernacular names) Synonym of longhorn beetle.

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• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “longicorn”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “longicorn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.