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reduviid

/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-du-vi-id
IPA
/ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae

noun

any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Reduviidae, reduvia

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/
  • British English: /ɹɪˈdjuː.vi.ɪd/

Inflected Forms

reduviids (plural)

Synonyms

assassin bug kissing bug

Questions

How do you pronounce reduviid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈdu.vi.ɪd/.
What does reduviid mean?
of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
Where does reduviid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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