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dermopteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
der-mopter-an
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, a colugo.

noun

Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.

Obsolete

noun

Misspelling of dermapteran.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Dermoptera + -an

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

dermopterans (plural)

Questions

What does dermopteran mean?
Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, a colugo.
Where does dermopteran come from?
Dermoptera + -an

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