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Webster 1913 Edition


Longicornia


Lonˊgi-cor′ni-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
longus
long +
cornu
horn.]
(Zool.)
A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennæ are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See
Apple borer
, under
Apple
, and
Locust beetle
, under
Locust
.

Definition 2024


longicornia

longicornia

Latin

Adjective

longicornia

  1. nominative neuter plural of longicornis
  2. accusative neuter plural of longicornis
  3. vocative neuter plural of longicornis