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longicorn

A เกี่ยวกับ แมลง พวก  Cerambycidae เช่น แมลง ปีก แข็ง หนวด ยาว 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LONGICORN

Lon "gi *corn, a. Etym: [L. longus long + cornu horn: cf. F.longicorne.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. -- n.

 

Defn: One of the Longicornia.

 

LONGICORNIA

Lon `gi *cor "ni *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. longus long + cornu horn. ](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

longicorn

lon gi corn |ˈlänjəˌkôrn ˈlɑnʤəkɔrn | noun former term for longhorn ( sense 2 ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin longicornis, from Latin longus long + cornu horn.

 

Oxford Dictionary

longicorn

longicorn |ˈlɒn (d )ʒɪkɔːn | noun former term for longhorn beetle. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin longicornis, from Latin longus long + cornu horn .