Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diapausin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-pausin
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of antimicrobial proteins present in several lepidopteran insects

Etymology

From diapause + -in.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: diapause

Inflected Forms

diapausins (plural)

Questions

What does diapausin mean?: Any of a family of antimicrobial proteins present in several lepidopteran insects
Where does diapausin come from?: From diapause + -in.

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