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formicine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
formicine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or characteristic of ants.

noun

Any ant of the subfamily Formicinae or tribe Formicini.

Etymology

From Latin formīcīnus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: formīcīnus

Inflected Forms

formicines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Formicini

Questions

What does formicine mean?
Of, relating to, or characteristic of ants.
Where does formicine come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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