Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyrtochoanite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cyr-to-choan-ite
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyrtochoanitic organism.

Example Sentences

"[…] is inclined to regard it as a cyrtochoanite and points out that its narrow siphuncle indicates that it is not a holochoanite. With the exception of this single minute form, which is imperfectly known, even questionable[…]"
"Although it is probable that this form is an orthochoanite and the segments of its siphuncle are cylindrical, it may be a cyrtochoanite with fusiform or even globular siphuncular segments. Until the nature of its siphuncle is[…]"
"The writer agrees with Teichert that Lambeoceras is a cyrtochoanite rather than an orthochoanite as suggested by Troedsson."

Etymology

From cyrto- + choanite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cyrto-
Suffix: choanite

Inflected Forms

cyrtochoanites (plural)

Questions

What does cyrtochoanite mean?: A cyrtochoanitic organism.
Where does cyrtochoanite come from?: From cyrto- + choanite.

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