longhorn beetle

noun

Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.

Meanings

nounlonghorn beetle (plural longhorn beetles)

plural longhorn beetles · alternative long-horned beetle · alternative longhorn

  1. Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.

    Synonyms: longicorn, cerambycid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κεράμβυξ
  • κεράμβυξ (kerámbux)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Arabic قَرَنْبَى
  • قَرَنْبَى (qaranbā)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Bulgarian вусач
  • вусач (vusač)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Catalan longicorni, banyarriquer
  • longicornibeetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • banyarriquerbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Chinese Cantonese 天牛
  • 天牛 (tin¹ ngau⁴)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Chinese Mandarin 天牛
  • 天牛 (tiānniú)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Czech tesařík
  • tesaříkbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Danish træbuk
  • træbukbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Dutch boktor
  • boktorbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Finnish sarvijäärä
  • sarvijääräbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
French capricorne
  • capricornebeetle of the family Cerambycidae
German Bockkäfer
  • Bockkäferbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Greek κεραμβυκίδης
  • κεραμβυκίδης (keramvykídis)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Hebrew יקרונית
  • יקרונית (yakrunít)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Hungarian cincér
  • cincérbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Irish ciaróg fhadadharcach
  • ciaróg fhadadharcachbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Japanese 髪切虫, 天牛
  • 髪切虫 (kamikirimushi)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • 天牛 (tengyū)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Lithuanian ūsuotis
  • ūsuotisbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Norwegian Bokmål trebukk
  • trebukkbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Romanian cerambicid
  • cerambicidbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Russian жук-уса́ч, уса́ч
  • жук-уса́ч (žuk-usáč)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • уса́ч (usáč)beetle of the family Cerambycidae
Swedish långhorning
  • långhorningbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Turkish teke böceği
  • teke böceğibeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Vietnamese xén tóc
  • xén tócbeetle of the family Cerambycidae
Cite this entry
APA

longhorn beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longhorn%20beetle

MLA

“longhorn beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longhorn%20beetle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longhorn beetle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longhorn%20beetle.

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