apivorous

1. 1.

   feeding on bees

   Similarinsectivorous

Questions about apivorous

What does apivorous mean?

apivorous means "feeding on bees".

How many syllables are in apivorous?

apivorous has 4 syllables and divides as a-pi-vo-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is apivorous a common word?

apivorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.