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longhorn beetle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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  • Catalan: longicorni — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Catalan: banyarriquer — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Chinese Cantonese: 天牛 (tin1 ngau4) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Hakka Chinese: 天牛 (tiên1 ngiu2) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天牛 (tiānniú) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Wu Chinese: 蛘甲 (6yan-kah) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Wu Chinese: 天牛 — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Dutch: boktor — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Finnish: sarvijäärä — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • French: capricorne — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • German: Bockkäfer — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Ancient Greek: κεράμβυξ (kerámbux) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Hebrew: יקרונית (yakrunít) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Hungarian: cincér — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Irish: ciaróg fhadadharcach — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Japanese: 髪切虫 (kamikirimushi) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Japanese: 天牛 (tengyū) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Navajo: níłtsą́goʼ — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Romanian: cerambicid — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Russian: жук-уса́ч (žuk-usáč) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Russian: уса́ч (usáč) — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: strizibuba — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Swedish: långhorning — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Turkish: teke böceği — beetle of the family Cerambycidae
  • Vietnamese: xén tóc — beetle of the family Cerambycidae