longi-
(ˈlɒndʒɪ)
comb. form of L. longus long, in many scientific terms: longiˈcaudal, -ˈcaudate adjs. [L. cauda tail], long-tailed (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1856). longicauline (-ˈkɔːlaɪn) a. [Gr. καυλός stem], long-stemmed (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889). longicollous (-ˈkɒləs) a. [L. collum neck], Bot. ‘applied to mosses that have urns in the form of a very elongated pear’; Ent. ‘having the neck or the corselet long’ (ibid.). ˈlongicone a. Conch. [cone], having a long cone, said of certain cephalopods; also as n. longilabrous (-ˈleɪbrəs) a. [labrum], having a long labrum, as some Hemiptera (Mayne). † longiˈlateral a. [lateral], long-sided; of the form of a long parallelogram. longiˈlingual a. Zool. [lingual], having a long tongue (Cent. Dict.). longipalp (ˈlɒndʒɪpælp) n. and a. Zool. [palp], n. one of the Longipalpi, a group of beetles having long maxillary feelers (Brande Dict. Sci., etc. 1842); adj. pertaining to the Longipalpi (Cassell 1884). So longiˈpalpate, -ˈpalpous adjs., having long palps (Syd. Soc. Lex.). longipedate (lɒnˈdʒɪpɪdət), longipede (-piːd) adjs. [L. pēs, pedis foot], long-footed (Syd. Soc. Lex.). longipennate (-ˈpɛnət) a. Ornith. [pennate] = next (Ogilvie, Suppl. 1855). longipennine (-ˈpɛnɪn) a. Ornith. [mod.L. Longipennes; L. penna wing], long-winged; pertaining to the Longipennes or long-winged natatorial birds (Cent. Dict.). longiroster (-ˈrɒstə(r)) Ornith. [mod.L. Longirostres; L. rostrum beak], one of the Longirostres, a family of wading birds distinguished by the length and tenuity of the bill (Brande Dict. Sci., etc. 1842). longiˈrostral a. [see prec.], pertaining to or resembling the Longirostres; also longiˈrostrate a., in same sense (Mayne). longisect (ˈlɒndʒɪsɛkt) v. [L. sect-, secāre to cut], to bisect lengthwise and horizontally (Cent. Dict.). longiˈsection [section], longitudinal division of the body in a plane parallel with the axis and at right angles to the meson (ibid.). longiˈtarsal a. [tarsal], having a long tarsus (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1884 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. XXII. 275 Kionoceras, nobis, includes the *longicones in which the longitudinal ridges are more prominent than the transverse striae or ridges. Ibid. 276 All those longicone species. |
| 1658 Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus i. 37 The decussis is made within a *longilateral square, with opposite angles. Ibid. ii. 44 Nineveh..was of a longilateral figure. |
| 1855 Ogilvie, Suppl., *Longirostral. 1890 Coues Field & Gen. Ornithol. ii. 149 The longirostral [type],..best exhibited in the great snipe family. |