LONG-HORNED BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-horned beetle mean? 

• LONG-HORNED BEETLE (noun)
  The noun LONG-HORNED BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. long-bodied beetle having very long antennae

  Familiarity information: LONG-HORNED BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG-HORNED BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

long-horned beetle; longicorn; longicorn beetle

Hypernyms ("long-horned beetle" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "long-horned beetle"):

sawyer; sawyer beetle (any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers)

Holonyms ("long-horned beetle" is a member of...):

Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)