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adjective
1.
belonging or pertaining to the class Exopterygota, comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
noun
2.
an exopterygote insect.
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Exopterygote
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Origin:
< Neo-Latin Exopterygota, equivalent to exo- exo- + Greek pterygōtá, neuter plural of pterygōtós winged
< Neo-Latin Exopterygota, equivalent to exo- exo- + Greek pterygōtá, neuter plural of pterygōtós winged
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