Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemerobiid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemer-o-bi-id
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect of the brown lacewing family (Hemerobiidae).

Example Sentences

"Recent hemerobiids (brown lacewings) are terrestrial insects and both adults and larvae prey on small soft-bodied arthropods."
"Hemerobiids often are active at relatively low temperatures; thus they can be useful as biological control agents in temperate regions early in the season when other natural enemies remain inactive."
"Coccinellid beetles and hemerobiids (brown lacewings), and other such predators are most likely to have a major impact on aphid densities."

Inflected Forms

hemerobiids (plural)

Synonyms

brown lacewing hemerobiid fly

Questions

What does hemerobiid mean?: Any insect of the brown lacewing family (Hemerobiidae).

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