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longicorns

longicorns is the plural of longicorn.

Meaning of longicorn

Noun

longicorn (plural longicorns)

  1. (obsolete) One of the Longicorniahttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Longicornia, a former taxonomic insect group of long-horned beetles.
    • Mr. William Wilson Saunders has kindly allowed me to figure the curious horned flies; and to Mr. Pascoe I am indebted for a loan of two of the very rare Longicorns which appear in the plate of Bornean beetles.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page xiii
  2. (dated, still found in many vernacular names) Synonym of longhorn beetle.
    Synonyms:
    longhorn beetle

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Questions about longicorns

What is longicorns the plural of?
Longicorns is the plural of longicorn.

Words near longicorns in the dictionary

  1. longicidal
  2. longicone
  3. longicones
  4. longiconic
  5. longicorn
  6. longicorns
  7. longidome
  8. longidomes
  9. longidomic
  10. longidorid
  11. longidorids

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