LONGICORN
Dictionary entry overview: What does longicorn mean? • LONGICORN (noun)
The noun LONGICORN has 1 sense:
1. long-bodied beetle having very long antennae
Familiarity information: LONGICORN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LONGICORN (noun)
Meaning:
Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
long-horned beetle; longicorn; longicorn beetle
Hypernyms ("longicorn" is a kind of...):
beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "longicorn"):
sawyer; sawyer beetle (any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers)
Holonyms ("longicorn" is a member of...):
Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
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