tephritoid
/ˈtɛ.fɹɪ.tɔɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any fly of the superfamily Tephritoidea.
adj
Relating to flies of the superfamily Tephritoidea, or characteristic thereof.
Example Sentences
- "Section I provides reviews of the phylogeny of the Superfamily Tephritoidea (Chapter 1 by Korneyev), the behavior of fly relatives (tephritoids) of the Tephritidae (Chapter 2 by Sivinski), and the history of studies on tephritids including many of the World’s most important Genera of economic importance such as Anastrepha, Bactrocera, Ceratitis, and Rhagoletis (Chapter 3 by Diaz-Fleischer and Aluja)."
- "The highest diversity of tephritoids occurs in the tropics."
- "For specialists and non-specialists alike, the historical review of fruit fly research (Diaz-Fleischer and Aluja) and discussion of tephritoid flies (Sivinski) is refreshing and informative."
- "Six of the nine extant tephritoid families have been found in Finland: no richardiid, ctenostylid or pyrgotid have been found in the country."
Etymology
Borrowed from taxonomic name Tephritoidea.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛ.fɹɪ.tɔɪd/