Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encyrtid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-cyr-tid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.

Example Sentences

"In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids)."

Etymology

From translingual Encyrtidae.

Word Breakdown

Root: Encyrtidae

Inflected Forms

encyrtids (plural)

Questions

What does encyrtid mean?: Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
Where does encyrtid come from?: From translingual Encyrtidae.

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