long-horned beetle

long-horned beetle

n (Animals) the longicorn beetle. See longicorn¹

long′-horned` bee′tle

n. any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usu. with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of trees. [1830–40]

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long-horned beetle - long-bodied beetle having very long antennaelongicorn, longicorn beetlebeetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wingsCerambycidae, family Cerambycidae - long-horned beetlessawyer beetle, sawyer - any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers