Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longhorn beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: longhorn bee-tle
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

longhorn beetles (plural) long-horned beetle (alternative) longhorn (alternative)

Phrases

cactus longhorn beetle

Synonyms

longicorn cerambycid

Questions

What does longhorn beetle mean?: Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.

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