Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carolina metallic tiger beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: car-oli-na metal-lic tiger bee-tle
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tetracha carolina, a species of tiger beetle.

Example Sentences

"I managed to snag the larva in one of the burrows, which I believe is Tetracha carolina (Carolina metallic tiger beetle) by virtue of the thin white margin around the prothorax and the open habitat in which the larval burrow occurred."

Etymology

From Carolina + metallic + tiger beetle.

Inflected Forms

Carolina metallic tiger beetles (plural)

Synonyms

Carolina tiger beetle

Questions

What does carolina metallic tiger beetle mean?: Tetracha carolina, a species of tiger beetle.
Where does carolina metallic tiger beetle come from?: From Carolina + metallic + tiger beetle.

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