Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cerambycid

/sɚˈɹæm.bɪ.sɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ce-r-am-by-cid
IPA: /sɚˈɹæm.bɪ.sɪd/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the family Cerambycidae of longhorn beetles.

Example Sentences

"The branch was obviously infested and showed a few emergence holes indicative of both buprestids and cerambycids, and when I broke into it I found two unemerged adult Agrilus (different species), which caused me to cut and bundle the branch to being back for rearing."

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Cerambycidae.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɚˈɹæm.bɪ.sɪd/

Inflected Forms

cerambycids (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cerambycid?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɚˈɹæm.bɪ.sɪd/.
What does cerambycid mean?: Any member of the family Cerambycidae of longhorn beetles.
Where does cerambycid come from?: Borrowed from Translingual Cerambycidae.

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