Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carabid

/ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: cara-bid
IPA: /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.

Example Sentences

"Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Carabidae.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/

Inflected Forms

carabids (plural)

Synonyms

ground beetle

Questions

How do you pronounce carabid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/.
What does carabid mean?: Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
Where does carabid come from?: Borrowed from Translingual Carabidae.

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