long-horned beetle
noun
: any of a family (Cerambycidae synonym Longicornia) of beetles usually distinguished by their very long antennae
called also longhorn beetle
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And in the early 2000s, Washington State used selective tree harvesting, pesticides, and public education to stop the spread of the citrus long-horned beetle after it was spotted in a shipment of bonsai trees from Korea.
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Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 5 June 2019
The invasive Asian long-horned beetle was identified from a specimen in the Cornell entomology collections.
—Steven Lubar, Smithsonian, 10 Aug. 2017
Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 5 June 2019
The invasive Asian long-horned beetle was identified from a specimen in the Cornell entomology collections.
—Steven Lubar, Smithsonian, 10 Aug. 2017
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1834, in the meaning defined above
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