Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schizopodid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schizopo-did
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any beetle in the family Schizopodidae; a false jewel beetle.

Example Sentences

"The body of adult schizopodids is somewhat to very stout and strongly convex."
"Schizopodid beetles or false jewel beetles are similar to metallic wood-boring beetles or jewel beetles (Buprestidae) but are distinguished by the deeply bilobed fourth tarsal segment of the adults."
"Schizopodids are typically found feeding on spring-blooming desert flowers, clinging to dry grasses (Schizopus) or on foliage of oaks (Dystaxia) and junipers (Glyptoscelimorpha)."

Inflected Forms

schizopodids (plural)

Synonyms

schizopodine

Questions

What does schizopodid mean?: Any beetle in the family Schizopodidae; a false jewel beetle.

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