Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tachina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tachi-na
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars.

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

tachinas (plural) tachinae (plural)

Synonyms

tachina fly

Questions

What does tachina mean?: Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars.
Where does tachina come from?: From the genus name.

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