long-horn beetle

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• long-horned beetle — /lawng hawrnd , long / any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees. Also called longhorn. [1830 40] * * * ▪ insect also …   Universalium

• Horn (anatomy) — A horn is a pointed projection of the skin on the head of various mammals, consisting of a covering of horn (keratin and other proteins) surrounding a core of living bone. True horns are found only among the ruminant… …   Wikipedia

• rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, esp. of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax. Also called dynastid. [1675 85] * * * ▪ insect subfamily also called  elephant… …   Universalium

• Tiger beetle — Lophyra sp in Tanzania Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• dung beetle — any of various scarab beetles that feed on or breed in dung. [1625 35] * * * Any member of one subfamily (Scarabaeinae) of scarab beetles, which shapes manure into a ball (sometimes as large as an apple) with its scooperlike head and paddle… …   Universalium

• dermestid beetle — ▪ insect       any of approximately 700 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that at one time were important household pests because the larvae feed on furs, skins, feathers, horn, and hair. Adults are usually brown or black, although… …   Universalium

• elephant beetle — noun 1. : any of several very large chiefly tropical lamellicorn beetles that bear a forked upwardly curved horn on the front of the head 2. also elephant bug : weevil * * * elephant beetle, 1. any one of several lamellicorn beetles of enormous… …   Useful english dictionary

• Capricorn beetle — Capricorn Cap ri*corn, n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.] 1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See {Tropic}. [1913 Webster] The sun was entered… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Locust beetle — Longicornia Lon gi*cor ni*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + cornu horn.] (Zo[ o]l.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antenn[ae] are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hercules beetle — noun Usage: usually capitalized H 1. : a very large beetle (Dynastes hercules) native to tropical America of which the male being prob. the largest existing insect attains a length of over five inches and bears a long forwardly projecting horn on …   Useful english dictionary

• dermestid (beetle) — Any member of about 700 species (family Dermestidae) of widely distributed beetles that are household pests. Usually brown or black, some are brightly coloured or patterned, and they vary in shape from elongated to oval. Dermestids range from… …   Universalium