Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flour mite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: flour mite
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mite Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and flour.

Etymology

From flour + mite, due to their nature of being in flour.

Inflected Forms

flour mites (plural)

Questions

What does flour mite mean?: The mite Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and flour.
Where does flour mite come from?: From flour + mite, due to their nature of being in flour.

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