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lygaeid

/laɪˈɡeɪ.ɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ly-gaeid
IPA
/laɪˈɡeɪ.ɪd/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Lygaeidae, from the type genus, translingual Lygaeus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λῡγαῖος (lūgaîos, “dark, gloomy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /laɪˈɡeɪ.ɪd/
  • British English: /lɪˈdʒiː.ɪd/

Inflected Forms

lygaeids (plural)

Synonyms

lygaeid bug

Questions

How do you pronounce lygaeid?
The recorded pronunciation is /laɪˈɡeɪ.ɪd/.
What does lygaeid mean?
Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.
Where does lygaeid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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