Longicornia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Longicornia \Lon`gi*cor"ni*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long +
     cornu horn.] (Zool.)
     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 or beneath the bark of
     trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and


     shade trees. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}, and {Locust
     beetle}, under {Locust}.
     [1913 Webster]