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megalopteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mega-lopter-an
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the insect order Megaloptera

noun

Any insect in the insect order Megaloptera, the alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies

Etymology

From translingual Megaloptera + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more megalopteran (comparative) most megalopteran (superlative) megalopterans (plural)

Questions

What does megalopteran mean?
Of or pertaining to the insect order Megaloptera
Where does megalopteran come from?
From translingual Megaloptera + -an.

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