Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cryptocephaline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cryp-to-cepha-line
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the subfamily Cryptocephalinae or the tribe Cryptocephalini.

Example Sentences

"I rarely get anything beating Sideroxylon lanuginosum (gum bumelia), but I beat most of the trees that I saw anyway and collected one cryptocephaline chrysomelid and two curculionoids."

Etymology

From ultimately translingual Cryptocephalus + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Root: Cryptocephalus
Suffix: ultimately translingual Cryptocephalus

Questions

What does cryptocephaline mean?: Of or pertaining to the subfamily Cryptocephalinae or the tribe Cryptocephalini.
Where does cryptocephaline come from?: From ultimately translingual Cryptocephalus + -ine.

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