Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

columelloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: col-umel-loid
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Similar to or resembling a columella.

Example Sentences

"The structure resulting is in many respects suggestive of an incipient columella, but at no stage of development is it sufficiently marked to be termed columelloid."

Etymology

From columella + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: columella

Questions

What does columelloid mean?: Similar to or resembling a columella.
Where does columelloid come from?: From columella + -oid.

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