Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scolytine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scoly-tine
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bark beetle of the subfamily Scolytinae

Example Sentences

"I didn’t, but what I did note inside the stems was evidence of boring by some insects and, eventually, the tiniest little scolytine bark beetles that I’ve ever seen."

Inflected Forms

scolytines (plural)

Questions

What does scolytine mean?: Any bark beetle of the subfamily Scolytinae

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