Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coleopterous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coleopter-ous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.

Example Sentences

"To test the truth of this anticipation I have arranged the plants of twelve countries, and the coleopterous insects of two districts, into two nearly equal masses, the species of the larger genera on one side, and those of the smaller genera on the other side, and it has invariably proved to be the case that a larger proportion of the species on the side of the larger genera present varieties, than on the side of the smaller genera."

Etymology

From Coleoptera + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ous

Questions

What does coleopterous mean?: Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.
Where does coleopterous come from?: From Coleoptera + -ous.

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