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dodecadactylum

/ˌdəʊdɛkəˈdæktɪləm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
do-decadacty-lum
IPA
/ˌdəʊdɛkəˈdæktɪləm/
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The duodenum.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλον (dōdekadáktulon), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) ≅ “twelve-fingers[-long thing]”; compare English duodenum and German Zwölffingerdarm; cognate with Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλο (dodekadáktylo) and Italian dodecadattilo.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈdæktɪləm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dodecadactyla (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce dodecadactylum?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈdæktɪləm/.
What does dodecadactylum mean?
The duodenum.
Where does dodecadactylum come from?
From Ancient Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλον (dōdekadáktulon), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) ≅ “twelve-fingers[-long thing]”; compare English duodenum and German Zwölffingerdarm; cognate with Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλο (dodekadáktylo) and Italian dodecadattilo.

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