julodine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any beetle of the subfamily Julodinae (some of the jewel beetles).
Example Sentences
- "A relationship to the second major buprestid lineage, the Old World julodines, is supported by this groups'^([sic]) external plant-feeding habits, although no larvae of that group have any locomotory structures. The wing venation in the julodines is more typically buprestid and whereas the female ovipositor is highly modified for depositing the eggs into the soil, the male genitalia are also typically buprestid."
- "[The genus] Aaata consists of a single species, A. finchi, which is distinguished from other julodines by its large size, and by its raised and wrinkled pronotal and elytral surfaces."
- "Larvae of Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold (Julodimorphini) differ greatly from other buprestine and chrysochroine larvae, resembling rather julodine larvae in having mandibles with a shovel-shaped vertical lamina, but in other respects show affinities to the buprestine-chrysochroine line."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: Julodinae