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longicornia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
longi-cor-nia
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennæ 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 .

Questions

What does longicornia mean?
A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennæ 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 .

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