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dictyopteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dic-ty-opter-an
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the polyneopterous insects of the order Dictyoptera: the termites, cockroaches and mantids

Etymology

Dictyoptera + -an

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dictyopterans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dictyopterous

Questions

What does dictyopteran mean?
Any of the polyneopterous insects of the order Dictyoptera: the termites, cockroaches and mantids
Where does dictyopteran come from?
Dictyoptera + -an

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