An elongated beetle with long antennae, the larva of which typically bores in wood.
Family Cerambycidae, formerly in the superfamily Longicornia; many species
Example sentencesExamples
- Nerve compounds injected into vulnerable trees kill only 30 to 60 percent of the longhorns.
- Harmonic radar is one trick entomologists are using to understand the range of large insects such as the Asian longhorn.
- It had a full curl, like a longhorn's, and it measured a full six inches from tip to tip.
- The house longhorn is also a common pest in South Africa.