(More fully "house longhorn beetle") a woodboring beetle, Hylotrupes bajulus (family Cerambycidae), which is native to Europe and found widely elsewhere, its larvae being a pest of timber, typically seasoned softwood.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Scientific Instruments.
Definition of house longhorn in US English:
house longhorn
noun
(More fully "house longhorn beetle") a woodboring beetle, Hylotrupes bajulus (family Cerambycidae), which is native to Europe and found widely elsewhere, its larvae being a pest of timber, typically seasoned softwood.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Scientific Instruments.