a. and sb. Entom. [a. mod.L. Taxicornes pl. (Latreille, 1817), app. f. Gr. τάξις order, arrangement, a row or series + L. cornu horn: perh. after Gr. ταξίφυλλος with leaves set in rows.] a. adj. Having perfoliate antennæ, as the beetles of the obsolete family Taxicornes (now mostly referred to Tenebrionidæ). b. sb. A beetle of this family. Also Taxicornate, Taxicornous adjs.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sc., etc., Taxicorns, [L.] Taxicornes. The name of a family of Coleopterous insects, including those in which the antennæ gradually augment in size as they extend from the head, or terminate in an enlargement.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Taxicornate.
