Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cassidine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cas-si-dine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any beetle of the Cassidinae, also called tortoise beetles and leaf-mining beetles.

Example Sentences

"Novel host records and feeding behaviors are reported for five species in three genera of two cassidine beetle tribes, Hemisphaerotini and Imatidiini, from Ecuador."

Etymology

Clipping of taxonomic name Cassidinae.

Inflected Forms

cassidines (plural)

Questions

What does cassidine mean?: Any beetle of the Cassidinae, also called tortoise beetles and leaf-mining beetles.
Where does cassidine come from?: Clipping of taxonomic name Cassidinae.

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