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banded hickory borer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
band-ed hick-o-ry -bor-er
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of brown longhorn beetle (Knulliana cincta) with orange patterns, found in the southern United States, certain northern areas of Mexico, and the Bahamas.

Etymology

From banded + hickory + borer. "Banded" is from a partial calque of translingual Knulliana cincta (“banded Knulliana”).

Inflected Forms

banded hickory borers (plural)

Questions

What does banded hickory borer mean?
A species of brown longhorn beetle (Knulliana cincta) with orange patterns, found in the southern United States, certain northern areas of Mexico, and the Bahamas.
Where does banded hickory borer come from?
From banded + hickory + borer. "Banded" is from a partial calque of translingual Knulliana cincta (“banded Knulliana”).

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