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wekiu bug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wek-i-u bug
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insect in either of two species in the family Lygaeidae, Nysius wekiucola (found on Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii) and Nysius wekiucola (found on the neighboring Mauna Loa), notable for living above the snow line at temperatures constantly below freezing, and for feeding on frozen insects (all other species in the family feed on plants).

Etymology

From Hawaiian Puʻu Wēkiu, the highest peak on Mauna Kea, where the first specimen was found.

Inflected Forms

wekiu bugs (plural)

Questions

What does wekiu bug mean?
An insect in either of two species in the family Lygaeidae, Nysius wekiucola (found on Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii) and Nysius wekiucola (found on the neighboring Mauna Loa), notable for living above the snow line at temperatures constantly below freezing, and for feeding on frozen insects (all other species in the family feed on plants).
Where does wekiu bug come from?
From Hawaiian Puʻu Wēkiu, the highest peak on Mauna Kea, where the first specimen was found.

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