Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cantharoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can-tharoid
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.

Etymology

Clipping of taxonomic name Cantharoidea.

Inflected Forms

cantharoids (plural)

Questions

What does cantharoid mean?: Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.
Where does cantharoid come from?: Clipping of taxonomic name Cantharoidea.

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