Home › Words › E › ensiferanensiferanensiferan means any insect of the suborder Ensifera.EtymologyFrom translingual Ensifera + -an. Further from Latin ēnsifer (“swordbearing”).nounAny insect of the suborder Ensifera.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ensifer 70% match — A member of the genus Ensifer, of the bacteria family Rhizobiaceae. vs ensiferan →caeliferan 62% match — Any insect of the suborder Caelifera vs ensiferan →embiopteran 60% match — Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs. vs ensiferan →entomobryid 60% match — Any springtail of the family Entomobryidae. vs ensiferan →elenchid 60% match — Any strepsipteran in the family Elenchidae. vs ensiferan →enoplid 60% match — Any nematode in the order Enoplida. vs ensiferan →ephemeropteran 59% match — Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies. vs ensiferan →polyneopteran 58% match — Any insect of the subdivision Polyneoptera. vs ensiferan →