Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triungulin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-un-gulin
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot.

noun

Loosely speaking, the first-instar of any of various other insect parasites or parasitoids with a similar life cycle. The strictly correct general term is planidium

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin ungula Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English triungulin From tri- + Latin ungula (“claw”) + English -in.

Inflected Forms

triungula (plural) triungulins (plural)

Synonyms

planidium

Questions

What does triungulin mean?: The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot.
Where does triungulin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin ungula Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English triungulin From tri- + Latin ungula (“claw”) + English -in.

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