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# How to pronounce "polistine" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/pɒlɪstæɪn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **po·li·stine**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Any of the wasps of the subfamily Polistinae.
  - *Example*: "It has previously been argued that preimaginal differentiation of workers and queens is an underlying, unifying feature of polistines and vespines (Gadagkar 1991; Hunt 1991; O’Donnell 1998; Hunt 2006, 2007; Hunt et al. 2007). The results (fig. 2; supplementary figs. S1 and S2, Supplementary Material online) support this proposed framework of eusocial evolution, whereby two distinct developmental trajectories exist for both polistine and vespine female offspring during larval development (Hunt 2007): […]"

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## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [policy](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/policy), [polish](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polish), [pol](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pol), [polab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polab), [polabian](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polabian), [polabish](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polabish), [polacca](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polacca), [polack](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polack)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "polistine" correctly?
"polistine" is pronounced `/pɒlɪstæɪn/`. Syllable breakdown: **po·li·stine**.

### What does "polistine" mean in context?
Any of the wasps of the subfamily Polistinae.

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