Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meloe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meloe
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle , under Oil .

Questions

What does meloe mean?: A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle , under Oil .

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