Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anthicine

/ˈæn.θɪ.sin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-thicine
IPA: /ˈæn.θɪ.sin/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to beetles of the subfamily Anthicinae.

noun

Any ant-like flower beetle in the subfamily Anthicinae, of the family Anthicidae.

Example Sentences

"Werner (1983b) treated the anthicine fauna (as Anthicidae in the old sense) of the larger islands of the Greater Antilles, but neglected the local island distributions within the Virgin Islands."
"The records of Microhoria and Aulacoderus from Australia by Uhmann (2000, 2007) actually belong to the anthicine genera Sahulanthicus Telnov, 2018 and Sapintus Casey, 1895 (Kejval 2017, Telnov 2018b)."
"Leptaleus LaFerté Sénectère, 1849 is a small genus of anthicine Anthicini distributed in the Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Telnov, unpublished data)."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Anthicinae.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæn.θɪ.sin/

Inflected Forms

more anthicine (comparative) most anthicine (superlative) anthicines (plural)

Synonyms

monoceros beetle

Questions

How do you pronounce anthicine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæn.θɪ.sin/.
What does anthicine mean?: Relating to beetles of the subfamily Anthicinae.
Where does anthicine come from?: Borrowed from translingual Anthicinae.

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