Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zethine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zethine
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the family Zethinae of potter wasps.

adj

Of or relating to the family Zethinae of potter wasps.

Example Sentences

"Only Richards (1971), who speculated stenogastrines evolved from a Eumenes-like solitary ancestor, Spradbery (1975), who suggested evolution from an early vespoid ancestor, and Van der Vecht (1977), who argued they were closely related to zethines, had challenged the affinity of stenogastrines to the polistines and vespines. […] However, Z. miniatus is the only zethine known to be communal and can be extrapolated as a derived lineage within Zethinae […]"
"Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904, is a genus of zethine potter wasps comprising six extant species, all exclusive to the Australian Region."

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Zethinae.

Inflected Forms

zethines (plural)

Questions

What does zethine mean?: Any member of the family Zethinae of potter wasps.
Where does zethine come from?: Borrowed from taxonomic name Zethinae.

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