Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phalaenid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pha-laenid
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any moth of the former family Phalaenidae, now mostly classified in the Noctuidae and related families.

Obsolete

Etymology

Ancient Greek a kind of moth.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

phalaenids (plural)

Questions

What does phalaenid mean?: Any moth of the former family Phalaenidae, now mostly classified in the Noctuidae and related families.
Where does phalaenid come from?: Ancient Greek a kind of moth.

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