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mesipistiäinen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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mesi +‎ pistiäinen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmesiˌpistiæi̯nen/, [ˈme̞s̠iˌpis̠tiˌæi̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -æinen
  • Hyphenation(key): mesi‧pisti‧äi‧nen

Noun

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mesipistiäinen

  1. (zoology) bee (any of the 16,000 species of insects belonging to the clade Anthophila within the superfamily Apoidea)
    Synonym: mehiläinen

Declension

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Possessive forms of mesipistiäinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Further reading

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