Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lepidopteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: lep-i-dopter-an
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.

adj

Characteristic of these insects.

Etymology

Etymology tree Translingual Lepidoptera Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English lepidopteran From Translingual Lepidoptera + English -an.

Inflected Forms

lepidopterans (plural) more lepidopteran (comparative) most lepidopteran (superlative)

Derived Forms

macrolepidopteran nonlepidopteran

Synonyms

lepidopterous insect lepidopteron

Questions

What does lepidopteran mean?: Any insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.
Where does lepidopteran come from?: Etymology tree Translingual Lepidoptera Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English lepidopteran From Translingual Lepidoptera + English -an.

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