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monoceros beetle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
mono-ceros bee-tle
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any anthicid beetle of the species Notoxus monoceros, that have a prominent projection jutting out from their thoraxes.

noun

Any beetle of the subfamily Anthicinae, many of which have similar hornlike projections.

Etymology

From monoceros + beetle, a partial calque of translingual Notoxus monoceros, from the specific epithet monoceros, from Latin monocerōs, from Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “one-horned”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: monocerōs, μονόκερως

Inflected Forms

monoceros beetles (plural)

Synonyms

anthicine

Questions

What does monoceros beetle mean?
Any anthicid beetle of the species Notoxus monoceros, that have a prominent projection jutting out from their thoraxes.
Where does monoceros beetle come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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