Xylocopa

Definition: Xylocopa

Xylocopa

Noun

1. Carpenter bees.

Date "Xylocopa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Etymology: Xylocopa \Xy*loc"o*pa\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression cutting wood; xy`lon wood to cut.]. (references)

Synonym: Xylocopa

Synonym: genus Xylocopa (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Xylocopa

English words defined with "Xylocopa": Carpenter bee. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Xylocopa

"Xylocopa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Xylocopa" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Xylocopa

Expressions using "Xylocopa": genus Xylocopa ♦ Xylocopa Virginica. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Xylocopa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
xylocopa	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "Xylocopa"

Words rhyming with "Xylocopa" (pronounced 'Xy*loc"o*pa'): Atrypa, Catalpa, Culpa, Monotropa, Nepa, PA, Papa, Pipa, Pseudopupa, SPA, tapa, Upupa. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Xylocopa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-o-p-x-y"
	-3 letters: calyx, coaly, cooly, copal, coxal, loopy.
	-4 letters: acyl, calo, calx, capo, clap, clay, clop, cloy, coal, coax, cola, coly, cool, coop, copy, coxa, lacy, loca, loco, loop, opal, paly, play, ploy, poco, polo, poly, pool.
	-5 letters: alp, cap, cay, col, coo, cop, cox, coy, lac, lap, lax, lay, loo, lop, lox, oca, oxo.
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