Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curculionoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cur-culionoid
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.

Example Sentences

"The first one I beat yielded a very large cryptocephaline that I had not seen on any of the other Prosopis, so I continued beating them and collected a nice series along with a few other clytrines, pachybrachines, and curculionoids."

Etymology

Clipping of taxonomic name Curculionoidea.

Inflected Forms

curculionoids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

curculionid

Questions

What does curculionoid mean?: Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
Where does curculionoid come from?: Clipping of taxonomic name Curculionoidea.

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