Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

powder-post beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: pow-der--post bee-tle
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.

Inflected Forms

powder-post beetles (plural) powderpost beetle (alternative)

Phrases

powder-post termite

Frequently Paired Words

powder-post termite

Questions

What does powder-post beetle mean?: Any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.

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