lepidopterist

What does lepidopterist mean?

lepidopterist means "an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths".

How many syllables are in lepidopterist?

lepidopterist has 5 syllables and divides as le-pi-dop-te-rist 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.

What is another word for lepidopterist?

Close synonyms include lepidopterologist, butterfly collector. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lepidopterist a common word?

lepidopterist 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lepidopterist come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.