longicorn

& 8. [LONGICORNES.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the Longicornes (q. v.). "A chirping noise, like some of the Longicorn coleoptera."- Swains on & Strick land: Insects, p. 123. B. As subst .: A member of the family Longicornes. "Cerambyx heros, a common European longicorn ." H. W. Bates , F. L. S., in Ca ell's Nat . Hist ., v. 298. lon-gl-cor'-nēş, lõn-gi-cor'-ni-a, s. pl. [Latin long us =long, and cornu =a horn.]