Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insectiform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-sec-ti-form
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling an insect.

Example Sentences

"The body it wears is insectiform, a fly—no, a wasp, crawling out of a fossilized nest somewhere near the bottom of the crust."

Etymology

From insect + -iform.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: insect

Inflected Forms

more insectiform (comparative) most insectiform (superlative)

Questions

What does insectiform mean?: Resembling an insect.
Where does insectiform come from?: From insect + -iform.

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