baridine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any weevil of the curculionid subfamily Baridinae, known as flower weevils.
Example Sentences
- "Although baridines are quite easily differentiated from most other weevil groups by their characteristic round shape and ascended mesepimeron, these traditional diagnostic characters certainly are not apomorphic to baridines only and, below the level of subfamily, baridine identification is difficult at best (Anderson 2002)."
- "Biology. Nothing is known about the life history of Pteridobaris species except that P. maritima and an undescribed species have been collected from ferns (Morimoto & Yoshihara 1996). The only other known baridines associated with ferns are species of the New World genera Lamprobaris Champion and Lissobaris Champion (A. Howden, J. Prena, unpubl. data)."
- "The natural history of baridines is poorly known. (...) Many baridines can also be found in semi-aquatic habitats"
Etymology
From translingual Baridinae.
Word Breakdown
- Root: Baridinae