Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clinomegodont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cli-nomegodont
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Etymology

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from clino- + meg- + -odont.

Inflected Forms

more clinomegodont (comparative) most clinomegodont (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

orthomegodont

Questions

What does clinomegodont mean?: Being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.
Where does clinomegodont come from?: Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from clino- + meg- + -odont.

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