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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States.
2. 2
   long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States wordnet
3. 3
   Ellipsis of longhorn beetle. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Synonyms

All synonyms

cattletexas longhorn

Example

More examples

"This enormous longhorn beetle is found around mango and fig trees."

Etymology

From long + horn.

Related phrases

Manx longhorncactus longhorn beetleflat-faced longhornflower longhornlonghorn beetlelonghorn forestflyunited states

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