Cerambycid

/səˈræmbɪsɪd/ noun

A long-horned beetle, a type of wood-boring insect with distinctively elongated antennae.

From Greek 'kerambyx' meaning beetle, combined with Latin '-id' (denoting a member of a group). The family name Cerambycidae comes directly from this Greek root, referring to these distinctive insects known since ancient times.

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