mecopterous

1. 1.

   of or relating to mecopterans

Questions about mecopterous

What does mecopterous mean?

mecopterous means "of or relating to mecopterans".

How many syllables are in mecopterous?

mecopterous has 4 syllables and divides as me-cop-te-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 mecopterous a common word?

mecopterous 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.