Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harpaline

/ˈhɑɹ.pə.lin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: harpa-line
IPA: /ˈhɑɹ.pə.lin/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.

noun

Any ground beetle of the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.

Example Sentences

"[…] some genera listed by Jeannel as selenophorines were shifted to the harpaline group, and vice versa […]"
"The harpaline genus Chydaeus includes about 25 species […]"
"In many ditomines and harpalines, the males possess four laterally extended tarsi, but both sexes climb on umbelliferous plants and other herbs with the same ease."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Harpalinae. By surface analysis, translingual Harpalus + -ine. Further from Latin Harpalus and Ancient Greek Ἅρπαλος (Hárpalos).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Harpalinae, Harpalus, Ἅρπαλος

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɑɹ.pə.lin/

Inflected Forms

harpalines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Harpalinae

Questions

How do you pronounce harpaline?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑɹ.pə.lin/.
What does harpaline mean?: Belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.
Where does harpaline come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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