Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carabus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: carabus
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.

noun

A ground beetle of the genus Carabus.

Etymology

From Latin carabus. The entomological sense is borrowed from translingual Carabus, from the same Latin source.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: carabus

Inflected Forms

carabuses (plural) carabi (plural)

Questions

What does carabus mean?: An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
Where does carabus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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