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LONGICORN BEETLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae

Synonyms:

long-horned beetle; longicorn; longicorn beetle

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("longicorn 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 "longicorn beetle"):

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

Holonyms ("longicorn beetle" is a member of...):

Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)

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