Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scolytoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scoly-toid
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.

noun

A beetle of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.

Example Sentences

"When suitable conditions for the cultivation of ambrosial fungi appear, the better-known 'pin-hole' borers (scolytoids) tunnel the wood."

Etymology

Scolytus + -oid

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oid

Inflected Forms

scolytoids (plural)

Questions

What does scolytoid mean?: Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.
Where does scolytoid come from?: Scolytus + -oid

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