Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elachistine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elachis-tine
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any moth of the subfamily Elachistinae

Example Sentences

"Elachistine moths are the world’s most species-rich group of Lepidoptera that specialize on monocotyledon plants, especially grasses and sedges."

Inflected Forms

elachistines (plural)

Questions

What does elachistine mean?: Any moth of the subfamily Elachistinae

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