Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giant mesquite bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: gi-ant mesquite bug
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thasus neocalifornicus, an insect of the order Hemiptera, that feeds on mesquite trees of the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico.

Inflected Forms

giant mesquite bugs (plural)

Questions

What does giant mesquite bug mean?: Thasus neocalifornicus, an insect of the order Hemiptera, that feeds on mesquite trees of the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico.

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