CERAMBYCIDAE


Meaning of CERAMBYCIDAE in English

ˌserˌamˈbisəˌdē, -rəm- noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cerambyc-, Cerambyx, type genus (from Greek kerambyx, a horned beetle, from keras horn) + -idae

: a large family of beetles comprising the long-horned beetles, including large oblong or somewhat cylindrical beetles with antennae often longer than the body, and having larvae that usually bore in the roots or wood of trees or shrubs with some (as the locust borer and twig pruner) doing great damage

• ce·ram·by·coid sə̇ˈrambəˌkȯid noun or adjective

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